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Old 22-02-2020, 09:21 PM   #17
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Dukedesmo .. that could well be the solution I'm looking for.
And I will need to buy rivets anyway, which will cost around a tenner, so that price doesn't seem too bad to me.
Thanks.

Darkness .. As best I can measure it, the diameter would get bigger by about 0.4mm if I cut 10mm off.
I agree that's not much, but it needs to be added to the minimum of 10mm or so that I estimate has already been cut off.
Thus the total effect would be 0.8mm on the dia, meaning a 0.4mm reduction in wall thickness of the perforated tube.
Again, as best I can measure it, the wall thickness of the perforated tube is only 0.5mm to start with.
Its a lot more marginal than you might think.
Tbh, that's tighter than I thought it would be until I measured it just now.
Also, the length of the can sleeve is only 270mm, which I already consider to be a tad short really, so I'm reluctant to cut even 1mm more off it.
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