Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I usually am looking for turbo plumbing here, a pretty good selection of 
metal tube:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/index.php

Charlie

zapaxe wrote:

>Hi and thanks,
>
>I've been checking ebay for a long time for deals on used DTXpress 
>components etc...That's where I bought my 2nd Yamaha DTXpress rack 
>used from.
>I've also looked many times at Drumbalya, but I've not noticed any 
>VERY long tubes for racks. What I was proposing to do is have two 
>very log rack tubes (longer than ANY DTXpress rack tube I've seen, 
>so I can have a tall center section rack without having to have to 
>use some sort of couplers as I'm doing now. I can actually see the 
>tube slightly lean at the coupling joint. When I add a load to this 
>weightwise, it'll be worse:(
>I'll have another look at Drumbalya to see if I've missed something 
>other than the 'standard' tube lenths.
>
>If not, I'm wondering who carries aluminum tubing in extremely long 
>lenths? Not Home Depot, Nlot Lowes, Not Orchard Supply Hardware...I 
>guess a specialty metal shop oof sorts. But as I said, I beive that 
>electrical EMT tubing/conduit is about the same outside diameter. If 
>nothing else, I'll give that a go! Don't know how much aluminim 
>tubing would cost in it's raw state...?
>
>Steve
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