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sooty
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4130 Chrome moly tube
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April 16, 2008, 03:02 PM »
Does anyone have or know of a supplier for small amounts of 4130 Chrome moly tube?
I have a 24" GT Santa ana that needs a new tube, the weldings no prob just want to get hold of the replacement tube.
Thanks Soot.
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perry
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April 16, 2008, 03:23 PM »
any good to you
http://www.winged-aviation.co.uk/Tube.htm
http://www.airweld.co.uk/
http://www.menestrel.org.uk/plans,_contacts_and_suppliers.htm
http://www.safetydevices.com/
give them a try but itl be quite thick
give gary at retromotorsport a try , he might know someone
http://www.retrofordmagazine.co.uk/specialist-directory.htm
maybe try whitspeed too
other than that my minds a blank , maybe find an old standard and cut the tube out of that
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sooty
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Re: 4130 Chrome moly tube
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April 16, 2008, 03:37 PM »
Thanks Perry for the speedy reply.
I'll try those cheers. Soot.
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perry
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April 16, 2008, 03:48 PM »
all the frame builders i can think of use reynolds or columbus tube
im sure someone will know a uk user of 4130 seamless
id start looking into old frames to canabalise for tube just in case though
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Re: 4130 Chrome moly tube
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April 16, 2008, 09:37 PM »
Have a chat with Fuzzynod. His mates down at Robinson Race Cars use 4130.....
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SaMAlex
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April 16, 2008, 09:43 PM »
I was going to say about motor racing. My mate makes motorbike racing exausts and he makes loads of stuff out of 4130
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garethgeezer
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April 17, 2008, 07:56 AM »
Or try
www.pfametals.com
, they stock 4130. But be careful after welding coz it should really be stress relieved by heat treating correctly, or the area around the weld may be brittle
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sooty
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Re: 4130 Chrome moly tube
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April 17, 2008, 09:58 AM »
Thanks for the info fellas,
www.pfametals.com
looks good for small quantities.
I'll let you know how I get on.
Soot.
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