Bench and Way Tubes

mmcdonough · Post by **mmcdonough** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:42 am

Does anyone know the actual length and OD of the Bench and Way tubes? I heard that a galvanized chain link fence post would work.

Thanks for the help

Mike

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:49 am

mmcdonough wrote:Does anyone know the actual length and OD of the Bench and Way tubes? I heard that a galvanized chain link fence post would work.

Thanks for the help

Mike

Not very well!

OD 1 3/4" Both

52" long Way

52 3/4" long Bench

1 1/2" EMT comes closer, BUT, it is very thin walled.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 4:22 pm

If you are going to use anything other than the real thing for way and bench tubes, I recommend that you try 1 1/2" RIGID conduit.

https://www.grainger.com/product/ALLIED ... duit-5GUJ8

Take a tie bar with you if you go to look at this.

These can be any length you want/need (within reason) remembering that the bench tubes NEED be 3/4" longer than the ways.

My first shorty was constructed using the rigid conduit. I had the conduit on hand because it had originally been a TV antenna mast.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:01 pm

Rigid conduit is 'pipe'(1.9" od). Emt is thinwall tube.

mmcdonough · Post by **mmcdonough** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:45 am

JPG wrote:
mmcdonough wrote:Does anyone know the actual length and OD of the Bench and Way tubes? I heard that a galvanized chain link fence post would work.

Thanks for the help

Mike
Not very well!

OD 1 3/4" Both

52" long Way

52 3/4" long Bench

1 1/2" EMT comes closer, BUT, it is very thin walled.

Thanks for the info I really appreciate it

chapmanruss · Post by **chapmanruss** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:43 pm

Don't forget the Bench Tubes for the Greenie Mark 5 were 1-7/8" OD.

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