plan on going a bit deeper than that. you have to cut a long enough slot so
that the hose clamp can easily clamp it down and provide enough surface area
to prevent slippage. i would plan on about double the tube diameter for the
length of the slot.

After you cut the slot use a round or half round file to take off the burrs
inside or they can get between the tubes and make it hard to get them apart.

"Ed" wrote in message
. 192.196...

Just received my order of telescoping aluminum tubing rods from Texas
Towers. Sizes range from 1" OD to smaller and all 6 feet long. I plan
on
using them as a collapsible verticle on the motor home. Before I start
hack-sawing away on the ends to cut slots around which I will place my
hose
clamps, does anyone here have any particular tips or techniques to do
this? I figure I'd just cut two slots with a hacksaw about 1" or so
deep.
If there's a better suggestion, I'd like to hear it before wacking away on
my expensive tubes.


Ed