i need a 1.5" long section of 3/4" OD magnesium tubing in the 12-20 gauge range.

i cannot find anyone to sell me any quantity of the stuff

anyone have any leads? all the places i found listing the tubing while googling have responded with "we no longer carry any magnesium" when i try to order.

 

Good luck.

I spoke to guy at Smallparts and was told they don't carry it for 2 reasons:

Insurance for flammable metals is stupid expensive

Dangerous. DHS is now tracking movements of this for their own reasons.

 

Hey Rob......try this place......

tube bending,pipe bending,tube bending fabrication,exhaust tube bending,pipe bending fabrication,bent elbows,Woolf Aircraft Products


They are in Romulus. I've been in their place, I think they have every tubing known to man.

If they give you any sh*t just let me know......the owner's son is one of my interns right now!

 

Magnesium's flammability has nothing to do with its lack of availability.

The real issue is that Magnesium is almost 99% cast or injection molded. It's traded on the materials markets by the ton.

Seam-welded magnesium tubing is known to be weak and also demand for straight tube on the industrial scale is extremely low. Therefore most people who use magnesium for tube will buy bar-stock and drill/bore the tube, which is what I recommend to you.

Magnesium Round Bar: AZ31B

Demand for Magnesium is extremely low. You are talking about 20 million + tons of Aluminum worldwide produced vs 400,000 tons of Magnesium. That is 50x less demand and its availability is much lower as a result.

 

already been there and tried that, no luck. Adam is interning for you???

 

ya round is probbaly going to be my only option, im trying to not set the brideport on fire though

btw, magnesium creates its own o2 when it burns, it will burn under water.

 

??? Try E-mailing or calling.> stockcarsteel.com Toll Free 1-888 752-7272 An 18 wheeler could get lost in there. It's also surrounded by no less than 40 different huge metal fabrication race speciality shops. Performance Drive,Mooresville,NC.......Squirrel Crusher

 

I can ask my wife to check with her company....machine tool company...they may it...they may not....

 

here is what im dealing with...

 

Was that on purpose?

...otherwise, what the heck happened to that???? I'm impressed.

 

no, not on purpose, i broke off the port while disassembling the set, i then sanded down the surface on the belt sander before we tried to weld on an aluminum port with no luck