If you go with the thinner wall, I'd suggest substituting a short length of
heavy, next-size-up tubing for the slider, rather than just a ring. A ring
will present almost a point load to the tube and over time tend to dent it
in places, hampering the sliding action and eventually causing a bend and
failure.
Karl
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eric@megageek.com
Yes. these are related questions...
First, I want to thank Miq once again for the great suggestion on moding up
my skidder. It's coming out better than I expected.
While I'm still building this, I have a very important question about
material strength.
The last thing I need to build on my skidder is the bar that the chain rides
on. Here is a link to the video in case you want to see it again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvAtTP9-yUo
I need to know what size pipe do I need to use for this skidder bar. The
two choices of pipe stock I have (I'll send another email about the steal
supply around here) are...
2.25 ID steel pipe (16th wall thickness) or a 1 5/8th ID steel pipe (8th
wall thickness.) Here is the problem, if I go with the 2.25 pipe, I can't
find any ring to go around it. With the 1 5/8th pipe, I could find the ring
easily.
The bar will span about 64". I don't know exactly what the weight one side
of the log will be (the pipe will only be point loaded for a brief
time.)
The second question is for anyone that bought one of Harbor Freight's pipe
bender. My question is, do you have an neat ways to store it with all the
dies?
Thanks so much. I can't wait to finish this skidder, I'll post photos once
I get it done.
Eric P
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