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Stainless steel strength equivalence to soft aluminum?
The metal I'm most used to working with is the soft aluminum flat bar from the local hardware Borg. Using a 1/8" (thick) x 3/4" (wide) x 3" (long) piece of that soft aluminum. Make a U shape out of it. If that U shaped piece of aluminum flat bar is turned upside down and the ends glued to a hard surface, I know approximately how much weight I could put on it before it buckled. What would be the equivalent approximate thickness of 301/304 stainless steel to 1/8" thick soft aluminum flat bar? Any idea will help. Thanks. |
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