Re: Rolled Tubing Vs Sch 40

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

At 08:04 PM 5/19/99 -0600, Greg Hermann wrote:
>There are so many grades of pipe that it is comical. A-53 Grade F pipe is a
>joke. A-53 Grade B used to be a better grade of WELDED seam pipe than it is
>now do not remember the change. A-106, Grade B SEAMLESS pipe is EXCELLENT
>stuff, and far stronger than any seamed tubing made of the same material.
>Now--do you wnat std. wall, ex strong, double extra strong, schedule 5, 10,
>20 , 30, 40, 80 or 160?? Carbon, stainless, or chrome-moly?

in working my way back through this stuff (it piled up pretty high over the
past couple of weeks), i have some more comments:

i would strongly recomend sticking to mild steel for roll cages, 1018 or
1020. chrome-moly is too difficult to do right for the home cage builder.
mild steel, preferably seamless, is the way to go (the seams create issues,
as the material has to be oriented correctly when bent else you'll have a
built in weak point).

richard