I have an item that is overbuilt, in my opinion, and could afford to be machined to shed some extra weight. Anyone care to discuss how I should go about doing this so that strength is not lost little to no additional stress is added to the item?
kkthx

(I know this is vague. Im not real sure where to start with this...)

3/10/2008 4:53:22 PM

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3/10/2008 5:07:12 PM

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3/10/2008 5:11:36 PM

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3/10/2008 5:12:18 PM

i think this depends highly on what kind of structure you're talking about and what material it is made of.
For example, something made of steel or aluminum can often have holes drilled in it to shed weight but retain most of the strength, but you can't do that to something made of carbon-fiber

3/10/2008 5:26:01 PM

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"I have an item that is overbuilt, in my opinion, and could afford to be machined to shed some extra weight."

If you don't already know how to reduce the weight of your "item" without compromising it's strength, then it's probably not as overbuilt as you may think. This is a bad idea all around

3/10/2008 5:26:24 PM

just chop stuff off until you get to the size you need. If you take off too much, patch it up with duct tape.

3/10/2008 5:52:17 PM

duct tape, that junk is a ripoff. i make my own tape

3/10/2008 5:57:34 PM

duct tape

what the fuck are you talking about

its duck tape...it will hold anything

3/10/2008 6:04:49 PM

its aluminum and drilling holes was what would be done for this purpose

my inquiry was centered around figuring out where and how large those holes may be, while still retaining strength

3/10/2008 6:17:03 PM

^if you took any sort of physics or structural classes, you need to find where the stress is, typically at the edges where compression or tension is happening... for a beam, the most efficient place to remove mass would be in the center of the beam as that is where the least amount of stress is.

^^it's duct tape

you know, like air ducts

[Edited on March 10, 2008 at 6:26 PM. Reason : .]

3/10/2008 6:24:38 PM

Solidworks + COSMOS FTW

3/10/2008 10:41:51 PM

1) It is duct tape. Duck Tape is a brand of duct tape.

2) What type of structure are we talking here? Is it like a support beam for a catwalk or a structural element in a vehicle or what?

3/11/2008 8:45:06 AM

no fucking shit its duct tape guys

srsly we cant have any fun around here

3/11/2008 8:46:50 AM

Sarcasm is difficult to convey on an internet message board.

3/11/2008 8:48:25 AM

sry, this is tech talk, we get anal when we see things like BlueRAY and HDDVD

3/11/2008 8:48:36 AM

well get that stick out of your collective ass lol

3/11/2008 8:49:42 AM

why don't you take a picture of it or something. if you don't tell us what it is, we can't help you

3/11/2008 9:04:36 AM

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"Solidworks + COSMOS FTW "

yes.

3/11/2008 9:48:15 AM