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Aluminum cowl

General building discussions, not model specific.
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Ljm
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Aluminum cowl

Post by Ljm » Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:04 pm

For those who have made there cowling from aluminum - How thick of aluminum did you use for the flat sheet and for the channels? How would you do it different next time? Approximately how much did it weigh?

Thanks!!
larry
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mfjrebel007r
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Location: oakville, ontario, canada

Re: Aluminum cowl

Post by mfjrebel007r » Wed Sep 30, 2020 6:18 pm

4 door cowl
4 doors are 20 thou but can be 25 thou
others parts 25 or 32 thou
i have variety of thickness as i used what i had left over
weight is very little

cheers

mike

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