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Pultruded graphite tube

Pultruded graphite tube

Pultruded graphite tube

(OP)
I have been searching all over the internet for some time now for manufacturers of pultruded graphite tubing in the size of around .250 outside diameter X 32 inches in length and cannot for the life of me find anything. I have been to dozens of sites that google or yahoo comes up with but cannot find one manufacture from which I can get a wholesale price from. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks.

RE: Pultruded graphite tube

Try Fibraplex.com. They have 0.292" O.D. by 32.5" tubing made from carbon fiber. It's primarily used for tent poles for ultralight dome tents but can be used for many other applications.

RE: Pultruded graphite tube

(OP)
Thanks Compositepro for the info. That size is a little larger then I want but I'll take a look.

RE: Pultruded graphite tube

Also Try americanmatrixcorp.com they can make small tubes

Gunner

RE: Pultruded graphite tube

(OP)
Thanks for your note; I will certainly look into    americanmatrixcorp.com. The thing I find most amazing about finding manufacturers of .250 graphite tubes is the fact that I am well aware of at least two retail firms that sell this very size on the Internet.  What I want to do is contact those manufacturers (if I could find out who they are) and obtain a wholesale price on the pieces I need, which could end up being thousands in numbers. Perhaps my largest problem is not knowing the junk mail that I erase from the good mail that I often cannot recognize because of the screwy subject matter phrases that so many sender use.

RE: Pultruded graphite tube

jplot,

One of the commonest consumer applications for tubing in that size range is archery arrows.  Visit a local archery shop and ask where they buy them.  Then a few calls to trace backwards will get you to a wholesaler that will sell the quantities you want.

Timelord

RE: Pultruded graphite tube

(OP)
A splendid idea. I will give it a try. Thanks

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