Check out Alro Metals in Greensboro. They will sell you anything if you pick it up. They only ship to businesses, usually on a flatbed 18 wheeler. They sell just about any metal and what you don't see they can probably get if you ask. Although I have never personally done it, I am of the understanding they sell their short cuts as well and for decent prices.
On Thursday, April 23, 2020, 12:39:36 PM EDT, Pete Soper via TriEmbed <[email protected]> wrote: I've been trading mail with the Metalsupermarket in Garner about some aluminum tubing because (so it seems) the only way to approach decent prices for some types is to buy lengths you can't afford to have shipped. As Brian said, getting this stuff from DIY stores is only for folks rolling in dough. So, if these guys can come up with some 6061T6 (they first offered 6063 like lawn chairs are made out of) then my country Cadillac is going to Garner to buy some material for yagi booms. A quick check of McMaster Carr suggests about $750 not including shipping (but not sure they sell over 6' lengths as standard parts and I need at least 12). But the quote for 6063 locally was under $150. And yes, they'll prop it on my truck in the parking lot: I don't have to go inside as with the DIY stores. But as long as I'm on the subject, if you need the super high performance, precision telescoping aluminum tubing for yagi antennas there are exactly two sources to check out in this country: Texas Towers and DX Engineering. You can't get by with lawn chair aluminum for this application. :-) -Pete _______________________________________________ Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list To post message: [email protected] List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
