In article , harry
wrote:
On Sunday, 5 July 2020 00:33:20 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
polygonum_on_google wrote:
I am thinking about making some things for my workshop. In among
them, I shall need some fairly stiff metal - probably tube.

Trouble is, cost of P&P makes online prices quite high. I can get
suitable tube locally at a reasonable price and avoid P&P but, so
far, have not found anyone to supply threaded both ends tube.

I've never threaded 3/4" galvanised so have little appreciation of
how tough it is. Nor have I found a pair of die and die stock that
obviously go together!

Yes, I have seen sets of tools (e.g. 1/2",3/4", 1" and 1 1/4") but
they are far more in terms both of bits and cost than I need.

Is it easy or hard?

I'd say you could buy a cheap welder capable of doing steel tube for
less than the cost of the vice and dies?

Yebbut ruins the galvanising.

so does putting a thread on it or cutting to length.

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