• The SH Membership has gone live. Only SH Members have access to post in the classifieds. All members can view the classifieds. Starting in 2020 only SH Members will be admitted to the annual hunting contest. Current members will need to follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Click on your username 2. Click on Account upgrades 3. Choose SH Member and purchase.
  • We've been working hard the past few weeks to come up with some big changes to our vendor policies to meet the changing needs of our community. Please see the new vendor rules here: Vendor Access Area Rules

anyone used 7075 aluminum tube for sticks? source?

raisins

raisins

Well-Known Member
SH Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2019
Messages
6,284
I'm thinking you could buy Dan0's ultralight brackets and steps and then use 7075 1/16" wall thickness tube and make a really light stick that might be nearly as strong as the 1/8" 6061.

Anyone try it? Any reason why it is a bad idea? If I did it, I'd slide additional support inside it at the bolts.

Anyone have a source so I can see the prices on it?
 
I made sticks with dano's parts and used 1/16" wall thickness. Worked for me on regular steps, but I added a platform on one and it started bending. Went to 1/8" wall for the platform stick
 
Found this.

7075 Extruded Aluminum Tubing - Rounds, Squares and Rectangles Tube | TW Metals

7075 Extruded Aluminum Tubing from TW Metals is a zinc alloyed aluminum product heavily used in the aerospace industry due to its superior strength. Call now!
www.twmetals.com www.twmetals.com

And the downloadable pdf seems to indicate they make 7075 square tubing (even in 1" with 1/16" wall). I'm sure minimum order is quite a bit more than 10 feet.
 
Please let me know if you call and ask. It is not much lighter than 1/8 inch wall though.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top