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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
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    80/20 torsion box and router design

    I would like to create a 4'x2' router out of 8020...perhaps the 1515 heavy as it seems to be a good price point.

    I am impressed with the mdf torsion box designs...could something like this be duplicated with 8020, and how would one go about it efficiently?

    Are there any plans for a mostly all 8020 built router of this size, perhaps using drill rod and skate bearings or perhaps using shafting and bearings or rails and carriages.

    Thanks!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
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    1113
    Haven't seen any plans to speak of- but the nice thing is about 80/20 is its so versitle. Sorta a grown-up erector set. They have some free software/catalog for "messing with" and sorting out the materials available. If you look in the member's gallerys - System2 is an 80/20 and plastics. No torsion box but you could do one.
    I made the System1 and then System2 using 15x30 sections. System1 wasn't large enough - or stable enough to meet my needs. System2 is very close to the dimensions you mention.
    :cheers: Jim
    Experience is the BEST Teacher. Is that why it usually arrives in a shower of sparks, flash of light, loud bang, a cloud of smoke, AND -- a BILL to pay? You usually get it -- just after you need it.

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