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  • redboat219
    Admiral
    • Dec 2008
    • 2760

    Brass sheet thickness for control arms

    When making control arms out of brass sheet what's the thickness of the brass you usually use, 0.5mm, 0.8mm or 1mm?
    Make it simple, make strong, make it work!
  • JHapprich
    Captain
    • Oct 2017
    • 722

    #2
    1mm. No sheet material but bars.

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    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
      Moderator
      • Aug 2008
      • 12350

      #3
      .030"............................
      Who is John Galt?

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      • redboat219
        Admiral
        • Dec 2008
        • 2760

        #4
        Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named
        .030"............................
        That would be 0.76 mm.
        Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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        • He Who Shall Not Be Named
          Moderator
          • Aug 2008
          • 12350

          #5
          Originally posted by redboat219

          That would be 0.76 mm.
          No. That would be .030-of-an-inch, damnit!
          Who is John Galt?

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          • redboat219
            Admiral
            • Dec 2008
            • 2760

            #6
            "Metric is simply a better system of units than imperial​."
            Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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            • He Who Shall Not Be Named
              Moderator
              • Aug 2008
              • 12350

              #7
              Originally posted by redboat219
              "Metric is simply a better system of units than imperial​."
              Show me one... just ONE ****ing r/c submarine you've built and operated using the Metric system of measurements?
              Who is John Galt?

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              • bwi 971
                Captain
                • Jan 2015
                • 906

                #8
                Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named

                Show me one... just ONE ****ing r/c submarine you've built and operated using the Metric system of measurements?
                Also measured in fractions so it will be easyer to adopt then the metric system.

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                Grtz,
                Bart

                Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
                "Samuel Smiles"

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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                  Moderator
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 12350

                  #9
                  Originally posted by bwi 971

                  Also measured in fractions so it will be easyer to adopt then the metric system.

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                  Grtz,
                  Bart
                  ... and the thread plummits down a rocky ravine! No survivors.
                  Who is John Galt?

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                  • Subculture
                    Admiral
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 2126

                    #10
                    Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named

                    Show me one... just ONE ****ing r/c submarine you've built and operated using the Metric system of measurements?


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                    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                      Moderator
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 12350

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Subculture



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                      ROFLMAO!!!!

                      Yup... the 'finishing move'. (Once again illustrating the superiority of the female anatomy!).

                      David
                      Who is John Galt?

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