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Default Material for hinge pins in aluminum

On Oct 5, 8:33*am, jim "sjedgingN0Sp"@m@mwt,net wrote:


Copper or stainless 1" OD tubing would be stronger than plastic. A foot
of tubing doesn't cost very much.

-jim


What do you calculate the max load to be?

The definition of an engineer that I like is someone who builds things
that any damn fool can build, but does it for less money.


Dan