Re: Wall thickness of aluminum tube
Bill Marriott (btk@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 21:40:13 -0700
You wrote:
>
>What is a suitable wall thickness for an 8" Newtonian with a 10" x 4'
or
>4.5' aluminum tube? Thanks.
>
> Mitch
>
Well, my 10" newt has a 12"OD alum tube with .090" wall thickness which
is probably overkill. Hastings (on atm resource list at
www.astromart.com) had a thinner walled version closer to .050, which
on a 10" tube is probably fine for 4-4.5'...
Bill Marriott
btk@ix.netcom.com