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I was checking out McMaster Carr for some 3/16 & 1/4 steel tubing & rod for building a chassis & there is like 15 different kinds of steel so what are u guys using to do this?

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Would it not be easier to just get some brake line from the auto parts store?

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the only brake line ive found so far is rolled up, i need straight but i will do some more searching around town

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Most parts stores have straight pieces in various lengths.

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Here you go!

89955K11

Put that in the search and it will pull it up. $21 for 8' of tube with .035" wall thickness.

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Thanks bro!

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napa auto parts has uncoated straight brakeline up to 60" for bout 9 bucks........bob

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Yah but the closest napa to me is like over an hour away

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They dont have any around here...

My local Napa has just about nothing.

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Back to your original question, you would want a low carbon steel so that you can bend, cut, weld or braze it with ease.

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in fact, most of the auto parts stores around here carry the rolled up coated stuff or nothing at all...

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I can get some of the green coated junk but it is really expensive because it is already flaired with connectors on it. I forget exactly how much I got it for but it was like a 4' piece and it was 10 bucks or something. For that price I would rather buy the stuff from McMaster.

I actually ran into some stainless steel 316 I believe on Amazon for $2.50 for 6' lengths, I bought all the ones they had haha. I think they were trying to get rid of it.