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Bench and Way Tubes
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:42 am
by mmcdonough
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
Re: Bench and Way Tubes
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:49 am
by JPG
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.
Re: Bench and Way Tubes
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 4:22 pm
by dusty
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.
Re: Bench and Way Tubes
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:01 pm
by JPG
Rigid conduit is 'pipe'(1.9" od). Emt is thinwall tube.
Re: Bench and Way Tubes
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:45 am
by mmcdonough
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
Re: Bench and Way Tubes
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:43 pm
by chapmanruss
Don't forget the Bench Tubes for the Greenie Mark 5 were 1-7/8" OD.