Re: Strut Braces

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Todd Young wrote:

> has a strut brace factory installed. It's not the strongest
> looking piece of square tubing, but it won't take much
> to make up my own "stronger" replacement and bolt it
> in place of the "stock" one, considering it's a straight
> shot from one tower to the other.

If it is a straight shot, you can't get much stronger than a piece of 
straight steel tube as long as you stress it below its "Column Buckling 
Limit."

Now, attachment methods can often be improved on factory strut braces.  
I've seen that before.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey

"There's alot more to Jazz than just wrong notes"