Need some aluminum

[RJ-92]

Any one know where I might be able to fing a piece of billet aluminum ~ 6 inches long, 2" high and 1/2 " thick? If anyone here has a connection I would appreciate getting my hands on 2 of these. I have some interesting things in the works.

 

[SHOnuff93]

i can get it, but you should be able to get it locally, jus open the yellow pages and let your fingers do the walking.

 

[jthomas68]

Local scrap yards and aluminum recyclers will have scrap pieces cheap.The billet may be much harder to find,and more expensive.Is thre a reason you need billet over a standard T6061?

 

[RJ-92]

Thanks guys!

T6160 should be just fine. It doesn't need to be real expensive, but decent quality. I could use steel too but would love alum to keep weight down.

 

[jthomas68]

Yeah,just look in your phone book under metal,you should find a scrap yard there.If not,we have one here i could take you to,or check the prices on www.mscdirect.com
I have an account there if you don`t want to sign up.

 

[twr]

jthomas68:
Local scrap yards and aluminum recyclers will have scrap pieces cheap.The billet may be much harder to find,and more expensive.Is thre a reason you need billet over a standard T6061?

You mean 6061-T6, right - I've got literally tons of the stuff in our shop. For that small of an amount, try a recycler first or a local machine shop, on ocasion they will have scrap laying around and would be happy to sell it for more than what they can get for scrap value - you will pay through the nose for new stuff.

<small>[ December 13, 2002, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: twrsho ]</small>

 

[biker889]

believe it or not...ebay has many different types of scrap aluminum, type in aluminum stock or something like that.

 

[SHO32]

RJ-92:
Any one know where I might be able to fing a piece of billet aluminum ~ 6 inches long, 2" high and 1/2 " thick? If anyone here has a connection I would appreciate getting my hands on 2 of these. I have some interesting things in the works.

http://www.onlinemetals.com/

Ben
Supercharged '93 ATX