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QUESTION ABOUT BAR RAIL BUILDING
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i called my local steel company and they said for $35 i can have a solid 20ft long, 2in wide, 5/8inch thick bar of steel,is 5/8 inch thick strong enough to weld/make into a rail?
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Your not gonna do much with just over a half inch. Get a pipe thats at least an inch and you'll be able to do something.
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^^^what do u mean i wont be able to do anything? u mean its hard to weld with that small of a thickness, the width is 2", whats a good thickness?
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dude 2" is pretty skinny for width unless you want it to be skinny like that
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5/8 solid steel. You would be better of with somting hollow 5/8 would be heavy as shit.
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yeah dude try like 4/8 or so...maybe less, and i would get wider than 2 inches, maybe like 3 or so.
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I'm not sure but it sounds like he's saying its a hollow bar but the steel is 5/8" thick.
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4/8 i think you failed math early on.
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ok 1/2 i was just putting it in the same terms he used douchbag. you think yooure better than me? fuck off bitch ill kill you.
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lol i just thought it was funny to put 1/2 4/8 If ur ever up in nothern vermont feel free to stop by and kill me.
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lol i had to check that one
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fuck 5/8 inch? Thats thick as hell, I would say 1/4 inch or 3/8 at the most. 20ft of 5/8 would be heavy as fuck.
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5/8ths is hella thick go smaller
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