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Snowshoe

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I'm looking for aluminum tubing .065 or a little less thick that is 60 inches long. I don't want to use PVC on this. I can find 48 inch, but nothing longer.
 
https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=6844&step=4&showunits=inches&id=71&top_cat=60

or if you want to select a thinner sidewall:

https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=71&step=2&top_cat=60
 
Why not consider square aluminum tubes ? They are a lot less expensive than round. A 5 ft piece of 1.25" with a 1/8" wall is only about $15 here. Round costs twice as much for thinner walls.

https://www.midweststeelsupply.com/store/6063aluminumsquaretubing
 
richg99 said:
DaleH....quit giving out my secrets..."golf tubes, indeed"

p.s. you can buy them at church and charity thrift stores for about a quarter each.
Pssssssst ... I can sell you the special 'marine version' ... only $5 each :wink:
 
Rich didn't you have a post up somewhere on using a torch and a wine bottle to flare the thin walled PVC for making rod tubes?
 
Yep....but as my idol Ronald Reagan once said ..."There you go again"
giving away my secrets.

You've given the whole answer. If one wants to flare the end of a PVC (Vonder material) tube. Heat the end with a heat gun ( or your wife's hair dryer)....Stick it over the end of a wine bottle (drink contents first)...wait a minute until it hardens...Viola!!!! Flared tube ends!

It really works best with the thinwall PVC, though I have done it with schedule 40.

richg99
 
Can you make up a flat 12 1/2 inch ( or so) piece of flexible tubing (any material); cover it in leather; and roll it into the tube that you ultimately want?.

Just a thought. richg99
 
I don't remember the exact size, but...the tubes that they roll carpet in are near what you are looking for. Tough stuff and free from your local carpet store.

Spray the inside with a good sealer.

Spend the big bucks on the right leather; wrap the edges..and you might have a winner. richg99
 

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