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minimole23

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21st Jul, 2010 at 09:50:51am

Alright guys.

I just thought I would ask before trawling the net for a supplier if anyone had a 1.4m length of this left over from a rollcage or something.

I need it so I can fabricate a rear beam.

Failing that anyone got a good supplier to reccomend. Rollcentre are cheap but they charge £25 postage on any order. which is annoying.

Cheers

James

On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding

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21st Jul, 2010 at 10:19:42am

cant help with any leftovers sadly but i ordered some lengths from this place on ebay http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Ringwood-Precision-Engineering

super quick delivery and prices seemed pretty reasonable compared to others i found.

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21st Jul, 2010 at 10:25:21am

that's reassuring, I was about to order some bits from them

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

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21st Jul, 2010 at 10:32:37am

ive used them in the past, great service, only slightly dearer than a local firm, but soo much easyer/ faster

Yes i moved to the darkside *happy*

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21st Jul, 2010 at 10:37:07am

I also bought my CDS tubing from him when I was experimenting with my one piece front brace bar - he has it listed as 1 1/2", not 38mm - but be aware it is standard CDS, not thinwall T45 roll cage tubing.

Same strength but slightly heavier to achieve it (and easier to bend/weld as a result).

I've ordered lots of stuff from him (his prices and carriage charges are very good) but delivery is random, sometimes quick, sometimes real slow......

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

minimole23

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21st Jul, 2010 at 11:20:07am

Class, those people are 20 minutes away - Result!

So, would I get away with the 2.03mm thick wall or should I go for the 2.64mm

I think the 2.64mm thick, But it will be tied to the heelboard and rear seat squab.

I would like the whole thing to weigh no more then 4.5kgs

James

On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding

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21st Jul, 2010 at 11:42:50am

On 21st Jul, 2010 minimole23 said:
So, would I get away with the 2.03mm thick wall or should I go for the 2.64mm

I think the 2.64mm thick, But it will be tied to the heelboard and rear seat squab.


Depends on how you feel about welding to it. Both should be strong enough on their own but the thicker one will be easier to get strong welds for brackets etc. depending on your welding equipment and experience - that's not meant to be negative BTW.

If you're using TIG, either would be fine for me, but if using MIG, I would use the thicker one.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

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21st Jul, 2010 at 12:22:53pm

i built my brace bars out of it, id use the 2.03mm wall tube, i welded it with mig and C02 it welds loverly

Yes i moved to the darkside *happy*

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minimole23

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21st Jul, 2010 at 09:48:29pm

I went with the 2.6mm. For the sake of 0.5kg I would rather not compromise strength for something as important as the radius arms

All sorted now, and picked up a nice lengh of ally bar for the gear linkage while I was at it.

They were very helpful.

Edited by minimole23 on 21st Jul, 2010.

On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding
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