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You Sir are a bloody star!

Yes please....and info would be good.

Much Thanks

Dave

Thanks Peter,

Yeah...the whole crumpling thing was a matter of some debate here.

Don't know!

Might be if we had a mandrel that size and we had any idea what we were doing. There would also be the seam to sort out. We have vices and milling machines, once the die is made, a...

Mmmm.

We have a plan. The idea is to make our own bit of kit for the job - mill a steel die with a 9mm bore. The opening and exit of the bore to be coned down from 13mm. A steel flat head...

Yeah, good point, but I'd like to avoid having a seam between the two tubes if at all possible. And in my experience that would depend heavily on the tolerances of the tube (if the internal dia. of...

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The hunt continues.
Tried all the numbers and suppliers mentioned (and a few more), no luck.


The US was a bust, they wanted ridiculous amounts of cash to FedEx it ($100) and that...

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Thanks Peter!

Yeah phoned them....they only do the stuff on their website. They did put me in touch with Betts Metals...but they just do the same sizes as Cookson (which is what you'd...

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Thanks for your quick replies.

Cooksons only go to 6mm outside as do Betts, Argex do it but the wall thickness is to thin (0.5). Loads of firms do it in the USA and Australia.

I'd love...

I'm being driven to distraction here.

I've been searching for some sterling silver tube, but....it needs to be 9mm (outside dia.) and 6 or 7mm internal dia., giving a wall thickness of about 1mm...