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Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE
I have worked with a lot of different materials in my career, and have even had to install a few poly carmonite windows into a security space that were 1/2" or thicker. Sure if you fabricate something that is only like 1/16" or 1/8" thick you are more than likely going to get some kind of flex. If you fab something that is 1/2" thick out of this stuff flex is likely to be pretty much elliminated. The mere design of the standard bulkhead has flex elliminating features built into it. SO making the same item out of poly corbonite would likely leave zero flex to deal with. At that thickness this stuff is almost like steel.
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Yeah, a polycarbonate bulkhead would more than likely be sufficient for our applications if engineered correctly, and would probably look pretty damn cool, but I'd still go with some good ol' 7075 aluminum. To each his own however.
If anyone does do it I'd love to see it, haha. Would be pretty cool looking at diff gears spinning in there.