Where can i buy a small block of aluminum?
09-15-2005, 11:24 AM
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Where can i buy a small block of aluminum?
anyone know where i can buy a block of aluminum stock.. like 1" thick by 6"??
09-15-2005, 09:06 PM
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Originally posted by 406TPI
Yeah, open up your phone book's yellow pages to "aluminum" If the city you live in is a decent size, there should be a few suppliers listed. Make sure you know what alloy you want when you call to avoid sounding like a dumbass.
Yeah, open up your phone book's yellow pages to "aluminum" If the city you live in is a decent size, there should be a few suppliers listed. Make sure you know what alloy you want when you call to avoid sounding like a dumbass.
09-15-2005, 09:47 PM
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A couple of places you can also try.
www.metalexpress.com
www.asapsource.com
It will definitely be cheaper if you can find someplace local and pick through their "scraps". However, if you definitely *need* to have something, the above should be able to take care of you.
www.metalexpress.com
www.asapsource.com
It will definitely be cheaper if you can find someplace local and pick through their "scraps". However, if you definitely *need* to have something, the above should be able to take care of you.
09-16-2005, 01:04 PM
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I was just gonna say most welding shops/ stores can refer you to some local metal supplier. whatcha doin with it? car part?
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...also the third dimension there helps... 1"x6" by....?
I buy from metal supermarket, they supply to everyone (business', handymen, etc), $1 per cut, and you can get any size/shape, good prices too. They're also one of the few open on saturday, and can deliver. (they're known as the convience store of the metal industry...)
Remember, you want 6061AL, don't pay an arm and a leg for some heat treated, precision ground billet.... I just got a chunk of 6"x3/4" bar AL, 1' long, for $25 to give you an idea.
I buy from metal supermarket, they supply to everyone (business', handymen, etc), $1 per cut, and you can get any size/shape, good prices too. They're also one of the few open on saturday, and can deliver. (they're known as the convience store of the metal industry...)
Remember, you want 6061AL, don't pay an arm and a leg for some heat treated, precision ground billet.... I just got a chunk of 6"x3/4" bar AL, 1' long, for $25 to give you an idea.
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the comany i work for, Fastenal, sells Aluminum barstock by the inch. for the 1x6" size you can get both 2024 (part# 0984197) and 6061 (part# 0984422). you can got to www.fastenal.com and search for your closest branch.
10-22-2005, 10:49 PM
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you just need some rust and mag ribbon to make... um, whoops. i mean, good luck fabricating stuff
10-22-2005, 11:07 PM
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Originally posted by oxiderush
you just need some rust and mag ribbon to make... um, whoops. i mean, good luck fabricating stuff
you just need some rust and mag ribbon to make... um, whoops. i mean, good luck fabricating stuff
10-23-2005, 12:23 PM
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....and aluminum powder... to make thermite right?
the ribbon is just to ignite it.
now keep that to yourself, i'd rather not be banned...
the ribbon is just to ignite it.
now keep that to yourself, i'd rather not be banned...
10-23-2005, 01:19 PM
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just use the aluminum brick he origonally was asking about to make the powder. sonix has the right idea
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