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Frank (N.Mi.) 01-29-2013 08:45:16 69.35.200.188 Report to Moderator	Does anybody know if there is a place that sells tube stock with a slot in it? Say 3/16" or 1/4"? I'm trying to put a kind of "safety edge" on a piece of sheet metal stock on a truck project. I can't bend the metal in this particular application. [Reply]   [No Email]
Clodbuster 01-29-2013 20:06:11 66.146.251.56 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   Get the pipe size you want to use, have a buddy with a plazma cutter cut a line down the pipe using a straight edge. [Reply]  [No Email]
Don-Wi 01-29-2013 17:07:05 75.207.205.12 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   http://www.mcmaster.com/#trim-molding/=l93pwn Here's what you need. Donovan from Wisconsin [Reply]  [No Email]
Frank (N.Mi.) 01-31-2013 13:08:56 69.35.201.186 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Don-Wi, 01-29-2013 17:07:05   Yeah! Looks like the vinyl over steel will work... Never occurred to me to search "edge guard"! Mcmaster Carr comes thru' again Thx! [Reply]  [No Email]
Ellis Kinney 01-29-2013 16:26:06 74.136.122.24 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   I wonder if you could buy thin wall tubing and slit it with double notched electric shears. Kett is the brand that I have. Ellis [Reply]  [No Email]
Diydave 01-29-2013 16:03:24 96.244.162.208 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   You might want to try Hydraulic hose loom. There are several kinds, some looks like a nylon sock, another is a wrap type product made of heavy plastic, that has a memory. I've also seen a device, that slits regular abs plastic pipe, to make the memory type loom. I saw the article, in farmshow magazine. [Reply]  [No Email]
Ivan in Mich 01-29-2013 15:24:01 174.124.240.79 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   The stuff that I have has spring clips in it and each clip is appox 1/4 wide and they are molded into it. I got it from where I worked years ago as they threw a whole roll away. It was used in the cutouts on the safty door of die cast machines. I would be more than happy to give you some if needed. I live by Lake City [Reply]  [No Email]
Frank (N.Mi.) 01-31-2013 13:06:53 69.35.201.186 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Ivan in Mich, 01-29-2013 15:24:01   Hmm" I'm trying to edge a piece of 3/32". Don't know if yours would work, do the clips show when installed? (I'd like 'em hidden) There also is one in Don's link that will work. Appreciate the offer, I'm around twenty miles south of Mac. City btw...kinda' long for a road trip though. [Reply]  [No Email]
Frank (N.Mi.) 01-29-2013 15:18:21 69.35.201.186 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   Ok, yeah thanks for answers so far-- I wasn't really thinking right when I posted the question...The heavy rubber hose trick may work OK but I'm wondering if it is possible to get some metal slit tubing in those sizes? I probably need about seven feet. Not sure if plastic is gonna be durable enuff it will be subject to vibration and maybe a bit of heat [Reply]  [No Email]
Dusty MI 01-30-2013 06:20:53 76.250.62.134 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 15:18:21   How about having it made out of sheet metal on an 8 foot brake? Dusty [Reply]  [No Email]
Dick L 01-29-2013 15:31:39 50.51.167.123 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 15:18:21   I don't know where you can buy it already slit but if I were needing it I would slit it this way. I would clamp the tubing to a sheet of plywood. Then make a carrier on wheels to hold a dermal or die grinder. Choose a cutting wheel the thickness I needed, fasten some runners to make sure the cutting wheel was on center of the tubing. I would then run the cutter wheel the distance of the tubing making a shallow cut then lower it a small amount for each pass until it was slit all the way thru. The most time would be in the setup. Much like most of my tooling jobs I do. [Reply]  [No Email]
Ivan in Mich 01-29-2013 12:57:45 174.124.240.79 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   How long a piece do you need and where are you located at in Mi [Reply]  [No Email]
edj856 01-29-2013 09:37:51 146.145.158.58 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   How about regular wire loom? Or a piece of rubber hose and just slice it down the side? 1/4 [Reply]  [No Email]
Adirondack case guy 01-29-2013 09:21:17 74.69.160.79 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   Go to your auto supply store and get door edge molding. It even comes in chrome. [Reply]  [No Email]
red.green 01-29-2013 08:56:55 76.209.53.15 Report to Moderator	Re: Slit tubing? in reply to Frank (N.Mi.), 01-29-2013 08:45:16   McMaster Carr sales a rudder egde that goes over sheet metal edges. [Reply]  [No Email]