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Old 11-18-2005, 12:58 PM   #87
valleycustom
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Re: Custom Chassis with canti setup

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Originally Posted by FirstGen
Very nice work. How are you machining that tubing like that? Looks like some thick tube material you are using is that .250 wall? Just courious what size tubing 1.5? and what wall you are using on the suspension stuff. Are there guidelines on what size and wall tubing to use on frame and suspension stuff other than thicker the better
The tubing in the picture is 2" O.D .375 wall. I'm maching the I.D of the DOM to 1 3/8" on my lathe then I run a broach through to create the keyway. On the frame I'm using 2x4 and 2x5 3/16" wall box and for the tubing I used 1.5" dom .156 wall.

Thanks
Jr
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