Mi3Wheeler, you're probably correct about the aluminum.
All I'm saying is that right now you have a stationary aluminum mount bolted up solid at both ends. If you have a new aluminum mount cantilevered from just one end it will be like a spring bouncing around a bit and aluminum just doesn't spring very well in general terms.
If he agreed that for your application the piece he sold you will work, he's the expert, not me.
We're a manufacturer of plastic production equipment and we use tons, literally tons of aluminum and it's great to reducing weight etc. But not used where any major flexing is taking place.
By the way, I'm a Michigander too. But I moved down the greater St. Louis MO area in '02 for work and unfortunately still here. My homestead area is the Clare Farwell area. I drive by Alro on my way up to Clare every Christmas. We used to buy lots of items from Alro when I worked in Beaverton MI at Lyle Industries, another large plastics machine manufacturer. I think we bought out of Saginaw, not the Grand Ledge area where their main MI warehouse is.
Sorry for rambling on and on...
