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<blockquote data-quote="waggener1" data-source="post: 722696" data-attributes="member: 5351"><p>I didn't use an alignment bar... </p><p></p><p>but I did use my Christmas tree stand!! :****:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I fixtured my center section in my tree stand and leveled it. I placed my tubes on dry ice for about thirty minutes and let them get down to about -20F degrees while I heated the center section to close to 400F. That may have been excessive, but I knew the extra 100F temperature difference would buy me a few more seconds of slip fit to ensure I had the tube at full depth as dictated by the hard stop that I built. It couldn't have worked out better. Knowing that the center section was level and that the two cylinders were concentric, was not too concerned about mis-alignment. Additionally, I only plug welded the tubes in place; I did not run a bead around each end of the housing. I can't imagine the heat concentrated in those holes would cause the tube extending beyond the housing ends to warp. I don't have a lathe or fixture big enough to hold my entire housing in order to check run-out, but a string pulled through the middle indicates that I'm pretty darn close to true.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/PJf0LNgk/14-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/s2F8YTkm/14-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/V6hXtVTL/14-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/NjQbBWvW/14-7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/yxX9G8xW/14-9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/L5Y4qCKS/14-11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waggener1, post: 722696, member: 5351"] I didn't use an alignment bar... but I did use my Christmas tree stand!! :****: I fixtured my center section in my tree stand and leveled it. I placed my tubes on dry ice for about thirty minutes and let them get down to about -20F degrees while I heated the center section to close to 400F. That may have been excessive, but I knew the extra 100F temperature difference would buy me a few more seconds of slip fit to ensure I had the tube at full depth as dictated by the hard stop that I built. It couldn't have worked out better. Knowing that the center section was level and that the two cylinders were concentric, was not too concerned about mis-alignment. Additionally, I only plug welded the tubes in place; I did not run a bead around each end of the housing. I can't imagine the heat concentrated in those holes would cause the tube extending beyond the housing ends to warp. I don't have a lathe or fixture big enough to hold my entire housing in order to check run-out, but a string pulled through the middle indicates that I'm pretty darn close to true. [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/PJf0LNgk/14-1.jpg[/IMG][/url] [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/s2F8YTkm/14-2.jpg[/IMG][/url] [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/V6hXtVTL/14-4.jpg[/IMG][/url] [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/NjQbBWvW/14-7.jpg[/IMG][/url] [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/yxX9G8xW/14-9.jpg[/IMG][/url] [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/L5Y4qCKS/14-11.jpg[/IMG][/url] [/QUOTE]
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