18mm copper tube uk suplyers

maggotman · Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:07 pm

18mm copper tube uk suplyers

i require some 18mm pipe but i can not find a uk supplier that stocks it and before any one says i spent 2 hours looking on goolge to no avail

Ragnarok · Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:20 pm

maggotman wrote:i require some 18mm pipe but i can not find a uk supplier that stocks it and before any one says i spent 2 hours looking on goolge to no avail

I was about to suggest BES - but it's completely gone from the website, so I can only assume they no longer stock it.

And before you ask, yes, I am certain they stocked it in the first place. I have a catalogue here from last year that lists it.

You could always try contacting them and asking nicely about it. They probably won't have any, but often places like that may be able to tell you about an alternate supplier.

maggotman · Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:09 pm

i remember seeing it their not long ago i willl ask the

ALIHISGREAT · Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:42 am

darn i was also going to suggest BES

B&Q may have some 18mm aluminium pipe... it will probably have a thicker wall though.

Ragnarok · Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:41 am

ALIHISGREAT wrote:B&Q may have some 18mm aluminium pipe... it will probably have a thicker wall though.

I've just had a look. 16mm and 20mm sizes. No evidence of an 18mm size.
However, 20mm aluminium would be a good replacement for the 20mm copper BES has stopped doing - which I believe is essentially perfect dimensions for paintballs:
20mm OD - 2 x 1.2mm wall thickness = 17.6mm
.68" paint = 17.3mm

Useful, as I wanted a paintball barrel I didn't have to wad constantly. I was never sure the wadding was all that good.

maggotman · Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:55 pm

wel i dont really care as long as its got a 16mm id

Ragnarok · Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:11 pm

I'm reasonably sure 18mm copper doesn't have a 16mm ID - I believe it has a 15.4mm ID, because most of the uncommon sizes tend to have thicker walls.

EDIT: Meant uncommon, not common.

spudamine · Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:08 pm

here you go
http://www.airlink-compressors.co.uk/Tu ... r_tube.htm

I'm reasonably sure 18mm copper doesn't have a 16mm ID - I believe it has a 15.4mm ID, because most of the uncommon sizes tend to have thicker walls.

Good guess, 0.2mm out

probably too narrow for you anyway maggot.

3/4" 10swg ali, ID of 15.79mm, might do the trick. really easy to find on ebay.

Ragnarok · Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:24 pm

spudamine wrote:Good guess, 0.2mm out probably too narrow for you anyway maggot.

Cock. My mistake. Somehow I subtracted 2.4 from 18, got 15.6, wrote 15.4 - wasn't thinking.

spudamine · Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:29 pm

Cock. My mistake.

sounds like You're turning into captain slow

Ragnarok · Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:44 pm

Permission to say "Oh Cock" on Spudfiles.

maggotman · Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:57 pm

my bad as well marbles have diamiters from 15,6 mms to 16.7mms i mesured about 20 from a bag so i need somthing with a 17mm or 650mm id

Ragnarok · Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:05 pm

maggotman wrote:my bad as well marbles have diamiters from 15,6 mms to 16.7mms i mesured about 20 from a bag so i need somthing with a 17mm or 650mm id

Try 20mm copper or slightly cheaper, 20mm ali: Ridiculously long link

spudamine · Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:08 pm

The 3/4" copper from airlink-compressors would be your closest fit(17.2mm), it's a tad expensive though.
The B and Q website must be one of the worst designed I have ever seen, at least it gives you a chuckle now and again though:

MaxuS the 2nd · Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:14 pm

18mm copper exists?

News to me.