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## For Section Heads
## For Section Heads
If you think you're interested in making some aluminum machines, find 0.25" stock someplace: we use [Admiral Metals](https://www.admiralmetals.com/products-services/aluminum/) most of the time, McMaster works in a pinch but prices are high. I tend to get 12" x 48" stock sheets. This is a great option if you have a waterjet (or have a friend with a waterjet, i.e. Neil) and don't mind the extra overhead of working with stiff materials: tapping things, cost, etc. But as Ben Jennet reminded me, HDPE has 'ah' GPa of Tensile Modulus (one) and 6061 is ~ 69 GPa, so, lots more stiffness. It would be cool to see labs walking away with useful machines this year. If you get aluminum, also get some HDPE - it's still useful for chassis bits.
Otherwise, McMaster will deliver 4x8' sheets of 3/8" stock HDPE (link below), one is probably enough as long as you don't want to make anything spectacularely large.
Also, make sure you have the right tools. Most of these things should already reside in your shop, I'm keeping a list here just in case.
Everything else I can give to you at the next staff meeting: probably in a big-ish box, but not monstrous. I hope that's OK.
