On 05/07/2020 00:33, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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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?

Unless you are already a welder, I'd say it would be cheaper to buy all
the pipe kit than to learn to weld to an adequate standard. Square tube
with knock in inserts might also be cheaper.