Originally Posted by
JoshTheSkier
With two tubes of comparable diameter, the tube with the greater wall thickness would be stronger, right? The bar diameter is constant, so to increase strength he'd have to increase wall thickness.
@drummerboy, if you have that kind of a equipment, I would get some nice stainless steel tubing and go nuts.
as far as I'm aware, the only thing that changes with wall thickness is how easily the tubing will buckle. A rod will bend, but tubing will fold on itself.