Mark wrote: On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:05:45 -0500 "Mark Jones" <[email protected]> writes: > I have searched the archives on "aluminum speed brake" and only got > eight results. I am going to install an aluminum speed brake with > three rows of 3/4" diameter holes. I am planning on a 9" x 36" size. > My question is...what thickness 6061-T6 aluminum should I use? The > only reference I have found stated .060 but personally, I think that > is way too thin. I was more inclined to 1/4". What do you guys > think? Thanks
Mark- No experience here, just a couple thoughts. The 1/4" is going to be a pretty heavy piece of metal. The .060 doesn't sound all that unresonable. (I used that as the instrument panel.) It could have hemed edges for some stiffness and/or some formed or applied stiffners to the face of the brake. Joe Horton Coopersburg, Pa. [email protected]
