Richard/SIA
Cast Iron
- Joined
- May 13, 2007
- Location
- No. Nevada
Beating my head against this obstacle, WHICH alloy to use in making new 1.25" OD water transfer tubes?
No idea which stainless the tubes vendors sell are made from.
I expect they have a mandrel bender, I do not.
Just buying transfer tubes and having them shipped appears to be about $900.00 now.
I should be able to form my own for about half of that.
I have a JD2 with hydraulic conversion and 3.5R dies.
Made a trial run with readily available 304 stainless, result was not good, maybe in a fully annealed state?
Aluminum 6061-T6 is also useless, maybe T4, or O?
Of course the useless alloys are all that is readily available locally or on-line.
Someone should have the alternatives in stock.
I expect to have to make a long drive to pick it up once I find a source.
I am near Reno NV, a drive to LA, San Diego, Sacramento, SLC, are all possible.
I will need a minimum of two 10' lengths.
No idea which stainless the tubes vendors sell are made from.
I expect they have a mandrel bender, I do not.
Just buying transfer tubes and having them shipped appears to be about $900.00 now.
I should be able to form my own for about half of that.
I have a JD2 with hydraulic conversion and 3.5R dies.
Made a trial run with readily available 304 stainless, result was not good, maybe in a fully annealed state?
Aluminum 6061-T6 is also useless, maybe T4, or O?
Of course the useless alloys are all that is readily available locally or on-line.
Someone should have the alternatives in stock.
I expect to have to make a long drive to pick it up once I find a source.
I am near Reno NV, a drive to LA, San Diego, Sacramento, SLC, are all possible.
I will need a minimum of two 10' lengths.