5bar alloy flooring?

[dogwood]

After my last post about dodgy steel,
I have just been looking on Parker steel site.

I've got a question about alloy flooring.
I used 2mm 5251 alloy plate.
On Parkers steel they are showing 2mm 5bar tread 5754 alloy plate

Assuming the 5bar tread is raised up.
Does anyone know if this is 2mm plus the tread thickness
or 2mm including the tread?
Also what is the difference between 5251 and 5754?

Cheers David

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by dogwood

After my last post about dodgy steel,
I have just been looking on Parker steel site.

I've got a question about alloy flooring.
I used 2mm 5251 alloy plate.
On Parkers steel they are showing 2mm 5bar tread 5754 alloy plate

Assuming the 5bar tread is raised up.
Does anyone know if this is 2mm plus the tread thickness
or 2mm including the tread?
Also what is the difference between 5251 and 5754?

Cheers David

Give me 5 mins, and I will pop out the back and measure the sheet I have

Done

2mm without the bar (ie on the flat bits)
Approx 3.2mm with the bars

So 2mm PLUS the tread

Hope that helps

[dogwood]

Cheers Sean.
That's what I was hoping.



David

[AshG]

may i ask how you plan to get 8X4 sheets back to france?

[dogwood]

Don't even start with me.........
Bloody Parkers gave me all that....

see my post dodgy steel....


David

Incase you wondered, this is how
I did it last time....

[AshG]

i see you and raise you this

[georgenewman1]

hi, im pretty sure that the thickness of the bars is ontop of the plate, so the plate will still measure 2mm, plus the pattern. would 5 bar plate be sufficient for the floor however ans with the bar pattern it will be verry difficult to get a seal around the edges of the pannel and also not giving full contace could reduce the strength too,

Not ideal stuff to use but if you must then lay your chassis on it, mark out where the tubes run then whizz any bumps off with a whizzy so the plate sits flat on the chassis...the floor adds stiffness to the chassis so no good unless it makes full contact really. Would have thought normal ali sheet would be easier and a lot cheaper unless you have got it for nowt that is.

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by fabbyglass

Would have thought normal ali sheet would be easier and a lot cheaper unless you have got it for nowt that is.

Yeah, but I think the 5 Bar looks nicer And a shed load of scratches/dings won't show up half as much as they would on a plain ally floor.

[Talonmotorsport]

The 5 raised bars of the tread plate are easily ground or sanded away flat around the edges with a fibre sanding disk in a grinder, word of warning here wear a mask as inhaled ally dust has been proved to cause....erm what was it.......oh bugger ........oh yeah alzheimers.