Nesting square tubing?

[kenc]

wes said:
For plans, I'm going off of a picture with basic dimensions from a friend that made one. Do you have any drawings or specific dimensions available?

Wes,
No, I just copied the Wolverine manual off the web and am going based on that. I reckon about 8" of the outer tube and 25" of the inner tube will pretty much match the wolverine setup.
Ken

[kenc]

Darin said:
No,I don't think it will fit,since the welds usually stick down more than .015"

Darin,
I milled a piece of the 1" sq tube that I have at home in half to look at the internal weld and it is much flatter than 15 thou - I doubt if it's more than 2 or 3 thou but maybe I have an especially well made batch or something?
It'd be great if you could try it out.
Ken

[kenc]

Adrian,
Thanks for the tip -I'll check them out for price.

[Your Old Dog]

Are you sure it has to even be a precision fit? I grind lathe tools by hand and that's far from precision and they all work. My "guess" is darn near anything would work that would hold the handle end withinn 1/8" of steady. jstinem's idea of the angle iron sounded good and very easy/quick to do. That's about what I had in mind for a 72" belt grindor I'm collecting parts for.

(Don't forget, the longer the female end can be, the less side to side play on the male piece where the tool handle rest.)



[This message has been edited by Your Old Dog (edited 08-02-2005).]

[wierdscience]

Ken,the bad news is the welds are not at all consistant,I looked at three different pieces,one was nearly flat,the other two where sticking down maybe .010",but very irregular.

I suppose since all you need are short pieces you could just take a section of square bar and braze/weld a piece of HSS toolbit in the end and make a push broach of sorts to scrap the seam clean.I have done it on 2-1/2"x 1/4" wall tube,don't know if it will work on the smaller stuff.Heck,maybe just find a toolbit the right size and shove it through in a press.

[kenc]

Darin,
Thanks for trying! Too bad.....
I think I'll just buy a few feet of the McMaster
nestable 1-1/4" stuff and use the 1" sq tube I have in the garage for the male part.
Now I have to justify a McMaaster order by buying some more stuff.....

Hmmmm........