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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
I'd like to design and build a new 2-meter Yagi antenna, and would
like to construct it using aluminum tubing and rod. Drawn tubing--the stuff with an axial seam--would suffice. Anyone know of a good source for this stuff in Washington DC or nearby areas in Maryland? I've tried Home Depot and the like, but the stock available in these places is incomplete and expensive. -Dave, K3WQ |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
If there is an Al extrusion plant nearby you can try them. I used to
get it from an Alcoa plant for scrap prices. |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
If there is an Al extrusion plant nearby you can try them. I used to
get it from an Alcoa plant for scrap prices. |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
Hi,
I know you asked for a local source, I have used this guy on ebay stores, his pricing is very good and he ships us priority mail with tracking. http://stores.ebay.com/TRINITY-METAL...FQ3aSLLRQQtZkm |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
You might also try metal scrap yards in your area. they can sometimes order
tubing at very good prices. "Gloria" wrote in message ... Hi, I know you asked for a local source, I have used this guy on ebay stores, his pricing is very good and he ships us priority mail with tracking. http://stores.ebay.com/TRINITY-METAL...FQ3aSLLRQQtZkm |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
Try McMaster Carr, they have all kinds of tubing and they accept Visa
/MC and generally ship same day. www.mcmaster.com |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
wrote: I'd like to design and build a new 2-meter Yagi antenna, and would like to construct it using aluminum tubing and rod. Drawn tubing--the stuff with an axial seam--would suffice. Anyone know of a good source for this stuff in Washington DC or nearby areas in Maryland? I've tried Home Depot and the like, but the stock available in these places is incomplete and expensive. Home Depot aluminum is very soft and weak and is not a very good material for antenna-building purposes. Use high-strength aluminum alloys like 6061-T6 or 6063-T6. McMaster-Carr is a good source for high-quality aluminum but they don't carry much of a selection of sizes. For ham antenna purposes your best bet is probably Texas Towers. http://www.texastowers.com/aluminum.htm Another route which I use is have a local friendly industrial machine shop or sheet metal shop on tap which will buy whatever you need from their established industrial metal supply houses and reimburse the shop for their expenses on your behalf. Usually there are no shipping costs involved and you can get full lengths of tubing vs. the cut 6' and 8' limits offered by TT and McMaster. Aluminum tubing comes from the mills in 12' and 21' lengths and can be simply cartopped home. The trick is to surf the Yellow Pages for a local indusdtrial shop which will work with you. Or in some cases a private individual can buy metals directly from local mill supply houses which sell to the industrial shops. This is a workable approach but only in heavily-industrialized regions where a metals distributor is within a reasonable driving range. The DC area shuld "qualify". Back to the Yellow Pages under "metals" . . . -Dave, K3WQ w3rv |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
hi,
I have also used this company, martin is good to deal with, he cuts the tubing any length you like, as long as it is 6 ft or less, it can ship priority mail. he has all the good stuff, 6061 6063 nice. chuck Gloria wrote: Hi, I know you asked for a local source, I have used this guy on ebay stores, his pricing is very good and he ships us priority mail with tracking. http://stores.ebay.com/TRINITY-METAL...FQ3aSLLRQQtZkm |
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Looking for aluminum tubing/rod in DC/MD area
we not buying in this stores, period!
"Brian Kelly" wrote in message oups.com... wrote: I'd like to design and build a new 2-meter Yagi antenna, and would like to construct it using aluminum tubing and rod. Drawn tubing--the stuff with an axial seam--would suffice. Anyone know of a good source for this stuff in Washington DC or nearby areas in Maryland? I've tried Home Depot and the like, but the stock available in these places is incomplete and expensive. Home Depot aluminum is very soft and weak and is not a very good material for antenna-building purposes. Use high-strength aluminum alloys like 6061-T6 or 6063-T6. McMaster-Carr is a good source for high-quality aluminum but they don't carry much of a selection of sizes. For ham antenna purposes your best bet is probably Texas Towers. http://www.texastowers.com/aluminum.htm Another route which I use is have a local friendly industrial machine shop or sheet metal shop on tap which will buy whatever you need from their established industrial metal supply houses and reimburse the shop for their expenses on your behalf. Usually there are no shipping costs involved and you can get full lengths of tubing vs. the cut 6' and 8' limits offered by TT and McMaster. Aluminum tubing comes from the mills in 12' and 21' lengths and can be simply cartopped home. The trick is to surf the Yellow Pages for a local indusdtrial shop which will work with you. Or in some cases a private individual can buy metals directly from local mill supply houses which sell to the industrial shops. This is a workable approach but only in heavily-industrialized regions where a metals distributor is within a reasonable driving range. The DC area shuld "qualify". Back to the Yellow Pages under "metals" . . . -Dave, K3WQ w3rv |
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