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I have a cousin with a welding/fabication shop. I have over a dozen visible pumps and I was wondering whether anybody else has made their own and is it worth the time and effort to do so. If so does any body know the gauge of the flattened expanded metal steel and the diamond size used on these cages? We get an occasional summer hail storm and I hate to risk loosing the cylinders. Thanks.

Tim

I've had them made. I don't remember the guage, I took a piece of an original I had and matched it. Seems like the diamond was about 1" tall.

I just ordered a 4'x8' sheet of 13 gauge 3/4" pattern, flat to do a Fry pump. Going to pick it up in the morning. The 3/4" is the distance of the narrow side of the pattern. The flat is the side profile of the metal. You can also get round. The flat goes through the slip roll easier to form the cylinder shape. Paid 24.08 for the sheet and 15.00 to shear it to size.