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  1. #1
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    aluminum verise steel tubing

    question maybe wroung place,
    Steel tubing verise aluminum on building a cnc. the spectes i see say the steel wall can very .020 or so. the bigges problem is i have a welder, but nothing to weld aluminum with. what are you thoughs on staightness on this.
    thank you, kevin

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    Howdy Neighbour
    What type of tube? square will very. round will be quite uniform. pipe will be all over the place in size and not very round

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    i was looking a 1x3 steel tubing. i just what it to be stright

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    Use a linear rail system attached to the square tubing and that will be square.

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