Roller Drawer Sorage
Submitted: Monday, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:29
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I am Currently making some drawers for the back of my Patrol, Could any body please tell the thickness of the steel the drawers are generally folded up out of. so I can calculate the weight as I am thinking of making them out aluminium to save some weight
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Reply By: BenSpoon - Monday, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:53
Monday, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:53
Mine are made up of 2mm Galv Steel.
If you do it with ali, I seem to recall it is 1/2 as strong, but 1/3 of the weight of steel, so doubling the thickness should be about right and you'll still be lighter.
With the steel, it still has about 20mm diam box tube down the lengths of it to strengthen it and which rolls on steel ball bearings instead of slides. There is also a rolled swage all around the top of the drawer to strengthen it further.
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