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Default Honing Aluminum Tube

Bob La Londe wrote:
I need to put a smooth finish on the inside of some aluminum tube. 1"
ID smallest - 2" ID biggest. Same application different sizes. If it
was steel or cast iron I would just run a brake hone or cylinder hone
down it, but I think the stones would just pack up with aluminum if I
tried that with this. It doesn't need to be precise, just smooth. I
want to round off the weld seam (not to bad to begin with) and make it
fairly shiny inside. Flap wheels? Buffing wheel with a "course"
substitute for rouge? Other?








I think I may have seen aluminium tube with a weld seam but rarely, the
stuff I normally get in the size range you mention is extruded so no
weld seam. I there a reason why you can't get what you need without the
seam.