[Shop-talk] Aligning round tubing for mitering?

[David Scheidt]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Obaa <obaa996 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to build a small rack/platform using some 5/8" round tubing.
> I'm planning for it to be rectangular, with the tubes cut at a 45 degree angle (don't have a tubing bender).  I'm going to notch 3 crossbars with a 5/8" drill, to form a nice, flat platform.
> The problem is, I don't know how to align the tubing to keep all the cuts square with each other.  Is there a simple way of doing this?

What about using lugs, as are used on steel (yes, people still make them) bikes?

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David Scheidt
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