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jhall423
05-18-2009, 11:38 AM
Has anyone checked stainless pipe sizes to see if they can be used to replace the tube assemblies?
dusty
05-18-2009, 11:49 AM
Has anyone checked stainless pipe sizes to see if they can be used to replace the tube assemblies?
Have you checked the price of stainless steel tube?
What we would need is avaiable. Check page 13 of the following. http://www.eagletube.com/catalog2008.pdf
jhall423
05-18-2009, 11:53 AM
The local scrap dealer is close to resonable and there is zero maintenance after replacement.
dusty
05-18-2009, 12:17 PM
The local scrap dealer is close to resonable and there is zero maintenance after replacement.
I don't know what the minimum wall thickness would be but that is the critical specification.
If you find that it is available from your dealer, I'd bet there is more than one person on this forum that might be interested.
jhall423
05-18-2009, 03:43 PM
From one of the posts, the Bench Tubes are shown to be 1 7/8" (1.875" OD) - 1 1/2" pipe is 1.90" OD & the Way Tubes are shown to be 1 3/4" (1.75" OD) - 1 1/4" pipe is 1.67" OD.
I found 4 pieces of 304 stainless and will let you know progress.
Schedule 40 pipe is as thick or thicker that the existing carbon steel tubes (which look like welded pipe to me) and much stronger that the cast aluminum that holds everything together.
I was hoping someone else had already tried this but I'll be the ginni pig and give it a shot. Tired of cleaning rust.
JPG40504
05-18-2009, 04:13 PM
From one of the posts, the Bench Tubes are shown to be 1 7/8" (1.875" OD) - 1 1/2" pipe is 1.90" OD & the Way Tubes are shown to be 1 3/4" (1.75" OD) - 1 1/4" pipe is 1.67" OD.
I found 4 pieces of 304 stainless and will let you know progress.
Schedule 40 pipe is as thick or thicker that the existing carbon steel tubes (which look like welded pipe to me) and much stronger that the cast aluminum that holds everything together.
I was hoping someone else had already tried this but I'll be the ginni pig and give it a shot. Tired of cleaning rust.
A word of caution here. The 1 7/8" bench tube applies to Greenies ONLY. I do NOT recommend using standard pipe of a different OD.
dusty
05-18-2009, 08:16 PM
From one of the posts, the Bench Tubes are shown to be 1 7/8" (1.875" OD) - 1 1/2" pipe is 1.90" OD & the Way Tubes are shown to be 1 3/4" (1.75" OD) - 1 1/4" pipe is 1.67" OD.
I found 4 pieces of 304 stainless and will let you know progress.
Schedule 40 pipe is as thick or thicker that the existing carbon steel tubes (which look like welded pipe to me) and much stronger that the cast aluminum that holds everything together.
I was hoping someone else had already tried this but I'll be the ginni pig and give it a shot. Tired of cleaning rust.
I strongly recommend that you make some of your own measurements to determine what OD stainless tubing you need. It would be a shame to spend money on replacement tubes only to find that they only fit some one else's machine.
Also, the dimensions on pipe and stainless tubing is not the same. Check the catalog that I referenced previously in this thread.
Tired of cleaning rust.
WHY are you always cleaning rust?