Chassis material thickness?

[Ripthorn]

So I came across some 52/40 .072" aluminum and was wondering if this would be suitable for a chassis. I have access to a shear and a brake to cut and bend it myself, plus it would save me a good bit of money, not to mention a custom sized and drilled chassis. So my question is if it is thick enough.

[rfgordon]

.072" should be fine. The shop that bends my chassis uses .06, and it's plenty sturdy.

[DonP]

I'd say it depends on how big the chassis will be and how big your transformers are.

A bigger chassis needs to be stiffer and large trannies need a lot more support than smaller ones.

[mark enger]

anyone know where to get detailed layout of chassis. im gonna bend some chassis my self it would be nice to drill them so face plates would fit trany and tube wholes dont matter that much but the pots and inputs should be nice and neat and fit face plates is there a standerd????

[gearhead]

Look in the Trainwreck Files section; there is a layout of the express chassis in there.