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Old 05-31-2003, 12:55 AM
Jerry Bransford Jerry Bransford is offline
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Originally posted by Cement_guy
I'm with you and going to do the same, my 2) The extra 1/16 will add twice the strength with only 33% more weight
Such a minor point but what the heck... that's 50% more weight... since the extra 1/16" is equal to 50% of the original 1/8" thickness. You're adding an extra 50%, or half again of what the weight is of the 1/8" product. Now if you were to go from 3/16" back to 1/8, then you'd be cutting the corner guard's weight by 1/3.

The issue with weight isn't so much with a single component by itself, it's staying with a trend of not going extra-heavy as a rule.
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