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Re: S&A Weaver NE Caboose

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Feb 14, 2022 4:59 pm

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Re: S&A Weaver NE Caboose

Postby sarge » Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:08 pm

The materials themselves are getting better as far as their material properties. I suspect the biggest reason for fragility, though, is inexperience in design rather than the material. Too thin a cross-section, no structure in both shear and tear in all three directions, that sort of thing. A computer type can make a program like SolidWorks sing perhaps, but doesn't have the fabrication skills to know how to avoid structural issues and stress concentrations, or even what they are.
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Re: S&A Weaver NE Caboose

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:15 pm

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