7.92 NorCal
Plastic
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- Jul 11, 2019
I'm doing a personal project that requires thin walled square mild steel tubing. Something around 1 1/4" with 18ish gauge wall. It's a very small project, i'd only need about a foot of the stuff.
In short, my question is if had say, 3/4" round tube with 18 gauge walls, would it be feasible to turn it into previously mentioned square tubing? Some sort of swaging operation, perhaps? Final wall thickness isn't particularly important, although internal dimensions would be. Some quick math tells me the amount of material would be there, but actual processes are outside my knowledge.
Other possibly more practical options include machining down larger tubing, or doing a stamping. I'm just curious if an operation like this is even a thing, and be worth looking into.
Or perhaps there's a source for small quantities of thin walled square tubing that I haven't come across.
Open to everyone's thoughts and suggestions!
In short, my question is if had say, 3/4" round tube with 18 gauge walls, would it be feasible to turn it into previously mentioned square tubing? Some sort of swaging operation, perhaps? Final wall thickness isn't particularly important, although internal dimensions would be. Some quick math tells me the amount of material would be there, but actual processes are outside my knowledge.
Other possibly more practical options include machining down larger tubing, or doing a stamping. I'm just curious if an operation like this is even a thing, and be worth looking into.
Or perhaps there's a source for small quantities of thin walled square tubing that I haven't come across.
Open to everyone's thoughts and suggestions!