A Frame

ribraff · 23 November 2011, 20:16

Can anyone here build me a double A frame for around the £500 mark? It needs to go on the back of a Searider 5.4 and be strong enough for Wakeboarding/Ski-ing.

martini · 23 November 2011, 21:42

I used £600 worth of 2" tube to make my own!

Festinghouse · 23 November 2011, 22:13

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Originally Posted by martini

I used £600 worth of 2" tube to make my own!

hmm, i used 80quid worth of 38mm to make mine

MI3GTO · 29 November 2011, 17:41

I have priced heavy 50mm ss tube for a double a frame at £76 the lot. Only need bending and welding. Looking to build a bender myself based on a yank design. Investigating mig welding using argon 2% co2 but may tig it.

Festinghouse · 29 November 2011, 18:19

tig is so much better. the thing i found when i first started using tig is that a crap looking tig weld was much stronger than what can often look like a good mig weld.
as for bending the tubing, if its thick wall like scaffold tube then you may be best off bending it with a pipe bender such as what machine mart sell - 12ton hydraulic pipe bender.

biffer · 29 November 2011, 19:19

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Originally Posted by MI3GTO

I have priced heavy 50mm ss tube for a double a frame at £76 the lot. Only need bending and welding. Looking to build a bender myself based on a yank design. Investigating mig welding using argon 2% co2 but may tig it.

Real good price for your tube. I can't buy half a length here for that money and I do it for a living. Tig not mig and if you're using thin wall tube (1.5mm) then you need a former and guide so as not to crush the tube

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TomKat · 30 November 2011, 17:13

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Originally Posted by MI3GTO

I have priced heavy 50mm ss tube for a double a frame at £76 the lot. Only need bending and welding. Looking to build a bender myself based on a yank design. Investigating mig welding using argon 2% co2 but may tig it.

Thats a great price! Aalco are quoting me

£47.50/m 5mm wall 48mm dia 316 Stainless Steel
£19.00/m 2.7mm wall 48mm dia 316 Stainless Steel

so I am drawn to the thinner wall thickness, where did you get that price M13GTO? I'll give them a shout!

90 degree bends are £19 & £5 resepctively.

If I get mine made in 25mm the price is much much less £6.50/m and £3 for a bend soI think that may be the way my wallet will take me! So what if it looks less chunky some of the lighter built ones look OK to me!

martini · 30 November 2011, 18:14

2.7mm is plenty, 5mm wall is way way OTT.

Check what finish that price is for, I doubt it'll be mirror polished for that price.

Even a couple of years ago our trade price for 316 mirror polish 50x3 was £30/m

Pikey Dave · 30 November 2011, 18:26

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Originally Posted by martini

2.7mm is plenty, 5mm wall is way way OTT.

Check what finish that price is for, I doubt it'll be mirror polished for that price.

Even a couple of years ago our trade price for 316 mirror polish 50x3 was £30/m

That's when scrap 316 was fetching £2800/tonne, it's barely fetching £1200 now. Not that I'm a pikey who'd know such things

ee lad, tha can't educate pork