Press Cat Track
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Press Cat Track
What is used for the cat track in the mongo and I beam press's?
it looks fairly light weight.
Cheers
it looks fairly light weight.
Cheers
Aluminium square or rectangular hollow section. Some people use steel instead but Al will be heaps lighter (I think 1/3 the weight?). Having said that a 2m long cat track made up of 100 pieces 40cm wide (20mm square 3mm wall aluminium) still weighs about 20kg. And Al is generally a fair bit more expensive than steel. Al is easier to drill though.
You can either use the same size the whole length or some people use wider pieces in the running length then narrower (but with the same height) pieces in the tip curvature where you need the cat track to "bend" more. I think the biggest cross section you want to use expecially in the tips is 25mm x 25mm, but mostly people are using 3/4 inch (about 18mm). Ski tips are generally tigther radius than boards so I would recommend around the 18-20mm size.
You can either use the same size the whole length or some people use wider pieces in the running length then narrower (but with the same height) pieces in the tip curvature where you need the cat track to "bend" more. I think the biggest cross section you want to use expecially in the tips is 25mm x 25mm, but mostly people are using 3/4 inch (about 18mm). Ski tips are generally tigther radius than boards so I would recommend around the 18-20mm size.
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soooo many threads on this.
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=cattrack
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http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=cattrack
The search function on here has actuually improved it would seem
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=cattrack
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=cattrack
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=cattrack
The search function on here has actuually improved it would seem
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best way to search any site is google.MontuckyMadman wrote: The search function on here has actuually improved it would seem
just go to google type in "material for cat track site:www.skibuilders.com"
and you get to this page : http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=c ... ilders.com
which says this:
On the top of the friggin page.I then used 3/4" X 3/4" square tube for the tip and tail ends of the cat track, all material was .065 wall thickness. ...
Really, google can answer almost all of lifes questions.
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