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On Oct 4, 8:32 pm, "Nok" wrote:
Hi All,
I'm building an aluminum hinged cover for a dry well. The hinge barrels are
1" o.d. aluminim and I had originally planned on stainless hinge pins. Any
reason not to use aluminum hinge pins (much cheaper)?
Thanks,
Nok

It sounds as if the hinge pins will not have much stress. How about
using some plastic pipe for hinge pins? Maybe CVPC. It will not rust
and will not encourage the aluminum to rust. It is very cheap.

Copper or stainless 1" OD tubing would be stronger than plastic. A foot
of tubing doesn't cost very much.

-jim




Dan