The Pad Parts thread

[ChilliumBromide]

Okay, so I was at Lowes today, and I got very happy.

50'x14" roll of 10ga. steel for $30.
Look in the roofing/masonry part of the store. You can also buy smaller amounts if you don't want to spend $30 on 5 pads worth of steel and only build one pad.

However, brackets (L-brackets, mending brackets, etc) are 5x as expensive at Lowe's as they are at HD, so there's still a reason to go to the Depot.

I also got a ton of AAA's, so I'll be able to take pictures/vids of the DT600 prototype as soon as it's done. =)
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[devout]

DT: 10 ga = 30 ga?

PC: im not sure what metal you're talkin about in frosty's quote, and im also not sure what makes caution colors different from regular colors... but if you have a car battery charger (or other powerful dc power supply) its relatively easy to anodize aluminum any color you want with some household chemicals and food coloring. It's even easier to take the parts to a place that does custom car body crap and have them anodize them for you. They have to be aluminum though.

[ChilliumBromide]

It says it's 10ga.
It's kind of tough to cut too, so I'm thinking it's possible. I got some of the same stuff at Home Depot, and I couldn't find the gauge, so I figured it was 26ga. or something. I know I'm able to bend it by hand and cut it with a pair of snips (my sawblades won't stay in my sabersaw).

Maybe you could check it out or something? I didn't have anything to compare it to. I just figured that anything found in a roll would be fairly high-gauge.

Haha, I just realised that "I also got a ton of AAA's" might have been misinterpreted. Batteries.
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[Eradicator]