Wanted- 15mm pipe 4 wing joiner

[mikey100]

Does anyone know where I can buy 15mm (od) pipe/rod in f/glass, carbon, aluminium, etc for a wing joiner in my moldie. Need to be 30cm lengths. Cheers.

[thevon]

Mike, I just checked in my shed - I hang onto bits of everything. You know the common white curtain rod? It's 16mm but is coated in a layer of white plastic. If you strip the plastic off, the steel tube underneath is 15mm. But it's a bit irregular shaped so I'm not sure if it will be good enough for you. Also being light rolled steel it could kink under heavy load, but you could fill it with foaming PU or dowel etc.

I think there also may be 15mm dowel available too.

Kite Magic have a 15mm Glasform tube which would be great: www.kitesite.com.au/components/fibrerods/comp_fibre_rods.html

And if you ring up Briskites, Kite Power etc they might have some of it.

No problem getting aluminium tubing in 15mm OD: www.onesteel.com/products.asp?action=showProduct&productID=1027&categoryName=Aluminium

But it may be too soft?? You may need an alloy.


Whatever you do, don't try packing out a thinner tube by wrapping tape around it. It works fine for a while then when it jams up you have a heckuva time getting it out!

[mikey100]

Thanks Andrew.