Allan Butler wrote:
Hello Everyone:

I have tried all the local metal suppliers and several in the Chicago
area to get 6061-T6 aluminum tubing from in very specific sizes. I need to
get two pieces of 1.00 inch OD with a wall thickness of 0.058 inch that are
twelve feet long. I also need to get four pieces of 7/8 inch OD by 0.049
inch wall that are twelve feet long.

Nobody that I spoke with stocks these items. Some of the big name
suppliers were down right nasty about me wanting this small quantity of
pieces.

Where would one go to get these pieces that I need to get for some
antenna projects that I want to build soon? And not pay an arm and a leg
for the privilege of owning this rare and unobtainable material.

Allan Butler
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Try asking on rec.crafts.metalworking. I _think_ the one to go to is
http://www.metalexpress.net, but I've never ordered from there.

There's got to be scrap metal yards in Chicago, where you may be able to
find one or the other pieces.

If the sizes are truely oddball then you may be asking folks to order a
lot of something they'll never sell, or (heaven forbid) have made up.

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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com