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Can some one here make me some steel tube ? I need an inside Dia of .187" and an outside Dia of .250" X 4" long, two of them ? Any one up to this ?


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4" is a long ways to run a 3/16" drill but It can be done. You didn't say where you live but the best way is to go to a steel center and ask for a length of 1/4" X 1/32 wall BWMD or DOM tubing.
Also try hydraulic shops that have hydraulic tubing.


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This is for my RC truck I have, I make custom length drive shafts out of alum tube but the truck just twisted a shaft real bad, so I need to go with steel, let me see what I can find around here. Thanks.


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The pic here is of the steel shafts cut in half so I can insert them in a tube, the botom is of my saft I made out of alum tube and it just was not strong enough !!


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Try Small Parts Inc...they have tons of tubing in just about any material and any size you could want.
 
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Pre-hard 4140 tubing is avail. from Aircraft Spruce and Specialities and Nolan Supply (both have websites). Drilling to the center of a 4" long piece of steel should not be much of a problem if one uses a lathe, center drill and new, sharp drill. I'd drill from each end, face to length before starting to drill.
 
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