"Bob La Londe" wrote in message ...

On 1/12/2021 2:52 PM, Carl wrote:
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message ...
I've been working on another boat project and looking through
various manufacturers websites I've found that aluminum water pipe might be
the best solution for one aspect. I want a 5052 pipe a wall thickness
greater than the available tube I have found. Schedule water pipe seems to
be a solution that exists. A few manufacturers do list it on their
website, but I can't seem to find any "retail" at any of my usual sources.
In fact very few seem to even have thin wall tube in 5052.

The first question some might ask is, "What's wrong with 6061? 6061
water pipe is available as is thicker wall 6061 tube." I want 5052 and
6061 isn't 5052. If I wanted to settle I would not need to make this post.

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rec.crafts.metalworking
rec.boats.building
sci.engr.joining.welding

Diameter, schedule/wall thickness, length, total quantity?


Are you a vendor seeking to quote or do you know of a retail (online)
source for 5052 aluminum pipe?

Not a vendor. Among other hats I wore at my last job I did a lot of the
material purchasing for the machine shop and thought I'd maybe try some of
the local vendors I used to deal with but I didn't know what to ask for.
Doubt they will have anything other than 6061 in stock but thought it would
be worth a phone call.

I've spent a bit of time looking and I think its as much what is available
to me as it is what size I would really like. What I would really like is
5052 extrusions to fit the application, but what I have found to fit the
application that is not proprietary is all 6061.

1-1/4 schedule 40 and 3/4 schedule 40. About 120 feet of each.

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Regards,
Carl Ijames