ok, what is the tensile strength, in lbs, of a double loop of 4mm thick sheet metal ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Place to mount shackles?
> At 05:35 PM 5/25/2011, Karl Wolz wrote: >>The front tow loop, while not a piece of 12mm rod like the back loops, is >>also not "sheet metal". It is the same material of which the frame is >>made >>- about 3-4 mm thick, and firmly welded to the frame. > > 4 mm thick is 8-ga sheet metal by the Birmingham gauge, and between 8 > ga and 9 ga by the steel gauge and galvanized sheet gauge. To an > engineer it's definitely sheet metal. > > Thickest gauge by steel guage is 3 ga, which weighs 10 lb per ft^2 > and is .2392" thick. Generally speaking if you can stamp it in a > press, it's sheet metal. > > Yrs, > d |
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