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NC Wayne
05-07-2007 18:19:35
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Re: oversize square tubing in reply to Coloken, 05-07-2007 11:41:37
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It"s gonna vary by size, shape, etc, etc, etc, but 99.99999% of steel manufactured, China made or not, is gonna have a tollerance of so many thousandths. Just like going out and buying a 2x4 that"s only 1.5 x 3.5, the sizes are nominal at best, especially with formed and welded tubes. If you want a little more "on size" then you could try a seemless/ drawn tube but your gonna pay more and there"s still gonna be a tollerance, though usually not as great as the formed stuff. That"s why you never buy steel "on size" to machine it becase a piece that"s sized, for instance, at 1.5 may actually be 1. 495, 1.505, or whatever. If all you have to take off is, at most, .005 per side then you ought to be able to do that with a course (say 36 or 24 grit) sanding disc on a 4.5 inch grinder. A couple of good hard passes ought to be all you need to remove that amount of material, otherwise your only choic would be to have someone machine it for you. Good luck...
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