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Fredrik Jönsson

posted on 15/6/06 at 06:15 PM Reply With Quote
Material thickness?

What material thickness is the MK chassi done with?





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andylancaster3000

posted on 15/6/06 at 06:31 PM Reply With Quote
Pretty sure it is 16 gauge. 1.5-1.6mm. Don't quote me on this though.

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carlgeldard

posted on 15/6/06 at 06:40 PM Reply With Quote
I'm sure that 1" ERW box section tube is 1.2mm thick.

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peterriley2

posted on 15/6/06 at 07:38 PM Reply With Quote
its definately 16 gauge- at least thats what pretty much every manufacturer uses, although i dont know this in metric.





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t.j.

posted on 15/6/06 at 08:29 PM Reply With Quote
Britisch Standard Wire Gauge (NBS)

SWG inch mm SWG inch mm
7/0 0.500 12.700 23 0.0240 0.610
6/0 0.464 11.786 24 0.0220 0.559
5/0 0.432 10.973 25 0.0200 0.508
4/0 0.400 10.160 26 0.0180 0.457
3/0 0.372 9.449 27 0.0164 0.417
2/0 0.348 8.839 28 0.0148 0.376
1/0 0.324 8.230 29 0.0136 0.345
1 0.300 7.620 30 0.0124 0.315
2 0.276 7.010 31 0.0116 0.295
3 0.252 6.401 32 0.0108 0.274
4 0.232 5.893 33 0.0100 0.254
5 0.2120 5.385 34 0.0092 0.234
6 0.1920 4.877 35 0.0084 0.213
7 0.1760 4.470 36 0.0076 0.193
8 0.1600 4.064 37 0.0068 0.173
9 0.1440 3.658 38 0.0060 0.152
10 0.1280 3.251 39 0.0052 0.132
11 0.1160 2.946 40 0.0048 0.122
12 0.1040 2.642 41 0.0044 0.112
13 0.0920 2.337 42 0.0040 0.102
14 0.0800 2.032 43 0.0036 0.0914
15 0.0720 1.829 44 0.0032 0.0813
16 0.0640 1.626 45 0.0028 0.0711
17 0.0560 1.422 46 0.0024 0.0610
18 0.0480 1.219 47 0.0020 0.0508
19 0.0400 1.016 48 0.0016 0.0406
20 0.0360 0.914 49 0.0012 0.0305
21 0.0320 0.813 50 0.0010 0.0254
22 0.0280 0.711

correct? US standard are smaller?

[Edited on 15/6/06 by t.j.]

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Fredrik Jönsson

posted on 15/6/06 at 08:36 PM Reply With Quote
1,626mm then?





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t.j.

posted on 15/6/06 at 08:40 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Fredrik Jönsson
1,626mm then?


I guess so, i'm using 2.0mm cause the other choice is around here 1.5 mm.

Maybe U could use 1,5 mm.

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Fredrik Jönsson

posted on 15/6/06 at 08:56 PM Reply With Quote
I plan to buy a chassi from MK...





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