QUESTION ABOUT BAR RAIL BUILDING

[BkCountrySkrMO2]

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?

 

[SkiMN]

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.

 

[BkCountrySkrMO2]

^^^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?

 

[cofreeskier]

dude 2" is pretty skinny for width unless you want it to be skinny like that

 

[HeathR]

5/8 solid steel. You would be better of with somting hollow 5/8 would be heavy as shit.

 

[wAy2sTeEzY4u]

yeah dude try like 4/8 or so...maybe less, and i would get wider than 2 inches, maybe like 3 or so.

 

[freeskier2590]

I'm not sure but it sounds like he's saying its a hollow bar but the steel is 5/8" thick.

 

[HeathR]

4/8 i think you failed math early on.

 

[wAy2sTeEzY4u]

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.

 

[HeathR]

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.

 

[BkCountrySkrMO2]

200/400

 

[line1260skier]

617/1234

 

[BkCountrySkrMO2]

lol i had to check that one

 

[C.J.]

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.

 

[Sideways_Shane]

5/8ths is hella thick go smaller