GOOD angle aluminum?

[MetalMan]

How about this one?:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-X-2-X-12-ALUMI...em190035691310
It's 1/4" thick instead of 5mm, but that means it's about 1mm thicker than what you want. From what I see, the only problem is the shipping cost.

Come to think of it, I think I got my 2" x 2" x 1/4" aluminum angle from Online Metals, and it does appear that it's not quite 90 deg. However, I haven't measured, so I'm only going off of looks.

[BrianG]

Well, that would work (and actually not a bad price too), except I need about 3-3.25" walls. I guess I should have mentioned that. :dft001: It's for my Hyper8 buggy and I want to mount the motor over the rear brace, so it needs to be high. I plan on securing the face of the mount to the holes where the stock brake would go and then also on the bottom of the "L". Maybe even support the other end of the motor too.

Actually, I didn't actually measure the angle, I used a square and measured the gap at one end and then calculated the angle. Same thing I guess. That metal from online metals is said to be meant for structural applications, so I guess it's not terribly important if the angle is ~1/2 a degree off.

Maybe I'll simply ask Mike to machine a mount for me instead. I'll probably need someone to at least mill out the slots to adjust the gear mesh.

[monel_funkawitz]

Its aluminum. For the love of god, bend it to a 90. :018:

None of the angle I've ever bought was perfect and required a dash of Cresent wrench and a little bit of clamp for flavor. Only 90 angle I have that is perfect is stuff I machined out of billet.

If you want perfect, 100% pinion mesh, you gotta shim.

<----RC truck/tractor puller

[JThiessen]

I'll second the last post. You will never find a piece of stock that is perfect, no matter how thin or thick it is. You either have to machine it, or shim it.