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Old 01-03-2014, 11:44 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JasonG View Post
............The screws that went in off center flexed the treadmill belt.
That would be very hard to avoid not doing with round stock conduit.

I suspect that a very light gauge rectangular or square in section material would not have such challenges. Then again, you would be faced with the larger challenge of arcing it three dimensionally or adding beveled or wedged spacers at contact points.
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