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How I prep tubing

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:05 pm
by Jeff L
I use this mainly to get Aluminum tubing ready for the buffer, but it works well to use to prep your tubing used for frames & whatnot.I like to clean up all the tubing before I work with it & this makes it easy.I had a bench top drill press laying around, so I fit it to a 6' section of stainless the same diameter as the original post.Put a live center in the table, & used a bow roller off a boat trailer cut it in half, ran a bolt through it & chucked it in the drill.Heres a pic with a length of tube chucked up.Hope someone will find this usefull.

Re: How I prep tubing

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:08 pm
by curt
thats a real good idea ill be useing thatone and hows the bsa project comeing

Re: How I prep tubing

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:38 pm
by Jeff L
Dude...I used that thing alot.I just never thought much about it....then I thought maybe someone will use this idea.Builds goin slooow...ha

Re: How I prep tubing

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:07 am
by Maz
amazing!....now why didn't I think of that :think:

Hope you get the build moving along again dude :pray:

Maz xx

Re: How I prep tubing

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:38 am
by curt
i sometimes use the lathe to clean the ends where im going to weld them but my lathe is small that would give more room

Re: How I prep tubing

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:12 pm
by Jeff L
Just a note....If you go as high as mine At 6' high the base is to small.(itll be real top heavy)You'll have to make it wider.

Re: How I prep tubing

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:04 pm
by curt
thanks for the heads up id of crashed the dam thing