anglia4 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 What is a good thickness of steel for making the tail section/cafe racer seat for my bike? Needs to be easy to shape by hand and with hammer and dolly, also want to cut it with tin-snips and have it thick enough to weld. I'm going to be re-inforcing it with probably about 5mm round bar to get the shape I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hop Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 1.6mm Panel steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Thats the sort of thing I was after, is 1.6 what most people use for panel steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hop Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Yep, as far as I know its the standard for reworking. Should be readily available. The 1.6 we use has a zinc coating too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorensin Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Holly shit 1.6 steel are you Spartacus? I couldn't tin snip through 1.6 steel and ive been using tin snips most days for about 6 years Some people use .8 if there not going to be hammer and filing there work I prefer 1mm and 1.2 would be the absolute maximum I would ever reccomend. as far as welding goes people weld .8 no problem. The workshop im in atm we use 1mm pretty much for everything - as said above the stuff we use zinc coated but this is the first place ive been that uses it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 I thought 1.6 sounded a little heavy but thought I was wrong. I think I have been using 1.2 on my anglia (could be 1.6), its much heavier than what I want to use for this, I have to cut it with a grinder and can't really bend it by hand. Might have a go at 1mm, That way if I'm griding down high spots on my welds I shouldn't go through it quite as easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorensin Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 1mm IMO would be the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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