Greetings All, I need to make a bunch of 3 secftion telescoping handles that will be about 24" expanded and about 8" collapsed. An ovoid cross section is what I want. I have so far not been able to find the tubing shape I want and it looks like I'll need to roll my own. Pun intended. So I think I can start with round thin wall tube and by passing it through several rollers end up with the shape I want. Anybody here done anything like this? I'm looking for any suggestions on how best to do this. My thought is that I can use sets of plastic rollers arranged in line and pass the tube through each set once or use one set and pass the tube through several times. The material will most likely be 6063 aluminum with a max wall thickness of .062. The finished size of the largest handle section should be about 1.25" x .440". The cross section doesn't need to be a true ellipse, it just needs to be comfortable to hold and look pleasing to the eye. Thanks, Eric
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9 years ago