Steel tubing

[ZAKDINGEL]

Try here https://maccmodels.co.uk/materials-m...teel-tube.html or here https://www.metals4u.co.uk/

[joffy]

Try here https://maccmodels.co.uk/materials-m...teel-tube.html or here https://www.metals4u.co.uk/

First one is a handy site

[don1971]

First one is a handy site

5 minutes up the road from me, and very reasonably priced.

[joffy]

5 minutes up the road from me, and very reasonably priced.

Similar to chronos Ltd

[joffy]

I found some 30mm od 24mm id maybe get 0.5mm machined off it?

[don1971]

I found some 30mm od 24mm id maybe get 0.5mm machined off it?

I would always work on the assumption you’ll need to machine finish it. Stock materials are never truly round.
How long does the finished tube need to be?

[joffy]

I would always work on the assumption you’ll need to machine finish it. Stock materials are never truly round.
How long does the finished tube need to be?

Less than 4" but I won't know until I get to strip the action to get measuring

[don1971]

The problem you have is your required internal dimension is too close to what is known a ‘nominal bore’, in your case 1” nb. Any pipe/tube you find around that size will be just over 25mm ID, so you have no material left for a finish cut.
See *bay 221896041212 to see what I mean.

You may have more luck finding a tube more designed for structural uses than fluid transfer, race car cages, kart chassis etc.