Do you just buy solid steel rod and cut it in lengths you need? Do people sometimes use thickwalled tubing as slugs, whose OD = the ID of the tubes you want to weld together?
I want to try re-working an old pair of z-bars I have (make 'em shorter and have more pull-back), and am wondering where to source slugs.
I thought if the only purpose of the slugs was to pin the tubing together while welding, then a couple of pieces of whittled-down re-bar could just be hammered in, but really, it would be nice to have better-fitting material.
thx!
I want to try re-working an old pair of z-bars I have (make 'em shorter and have more pull-back), and am wondering where to source slugs.
I thought if the only purpose of the slugs was to pin the tubing together while welding, then a couple of pieces of whittled-down re-bar could just be hammered in, but really, it would be nice to have better-fitting material.
thx!