I've gotten too big a diameter items turned down at a local machine for reasonable prices. Usually aluminum but steel should be doable. 

Stephen

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> On May 20, 2018, at 12:17 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> Hey Steve,
> 
> That sounds like a great project. One thing though, I’m sure I measured the stock leg tubing as 35mm. Yeah, 0.003” difference than the 1.375 stuff you mention doesn’t sound like a deal breaker...
> 
> But I’m almost 100 percent sure I’ve tried all the pipe and tubing I’ve had access to and none were a satisfying fit. I’ll see if I can double check that in the next day or so.
> 
> Metric sized tubing ain’t as easily available up here in the supposedly fully metric Canada. It’s frustrating to have to pay a premium for it.
> 
> Alistair
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 20, 2018, at 9:02 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG> wrote:
>> 
>> Can any of you tell me where to buy steel tube material to make a custom
>> rear table leg?  I measured it at 1.375 inch OD and 0.1 inch wall thickness.
>> 
>> My '84 Wolfsburg: https://sbw.org/sbwsty/
>> 
>> My idea is to extend the vertical tube about 12 inches taller and weld
>> the horizontal tube in the original position, forming a T.
>> 
>> I'm in Los Angeles, where you'd think you can get anything.  But I've
>> visited a local distributor, and they only have expensive DOM stock in
>> that size:
>> 
>> https://www.mkmetal.net/
>> 
>> They recommended a bigger distributor who list it in CDSR in their
>> catalog, but who don't actually have it available:
>> 
>> https://www.tubeservice.com/
>> 
>> A local welder says he can do the job, but he doesn't have the stock.
>> 
>> Why a custom table leg?  Because I want to add a mount for a monitor, so
>> I can work on the computer more easily in the van.  It turns out the
>> table leg is the same OD as the tube in the monitor mount I'm looking at.
>> 
>> https://urlzr.mp/fmb (Amazon)
>> 
>> I've checked the geometry: If the tube extends above the top of the
>> stove, the arm of the mount can reach toward the front of the van,
>> around the back of a 27-inch monitor, and hold the monitor in a
>> comfortable position to work with a keyboard and mouse on the table.
>> 
>> In that position, the arm would interfere with opening or closing the
>> kitchen top.  And I certainly wouldn't use the aft burner of the stove
>> with the monitor deployed!
>> 
>> But it'll be easy to swing the monitor around to stow flat against the
>> side window forward of the closet door.  I plan to rig tie downs to hold
>> the monitor securely against the window while driving.  And probably
>> some sort of cover with a pad to protect the face of the monitor when
>> stowed.
>> 
>> My van has the clunky old-style table mounting plate.  I would probably
>> flatten the end of the horizontal tube to fit the newer-style mounting
>> plate:
>> 
>> https://urlzr.mp/emb (GoWesty)