Where to buy aluminum?

[jolberry]

I am attempting to make my own offset license plate bracket like this one. I need to get a small amount of aluminum. Home Depot does not carry what I need. Anyone know of a local place to pick some up for cheap?
I was going to bring this thread back from the dead, but decided I would try and make my own

[POS Racing]

What gauge??

[jolberry]

What gauge??

T6 alloy or similar...I don't know much about gauge but something strong enough to hold the plate on.

You got some laying around?

[altiain]

T6 alloy or similar...I don't know much about gauge but something strong enough to hold the plate on.

You got some laying around?

T6 is actually the temper designation, not the designation of the alloy content. Click on this link to learn something about aluminum temper designators.

For what you're trying to do, 6061 (the most common Al alloy) ought to suffice, although I'd take whatever POS happened to have lying around cheap.

BTW, here is a link to a gauge conversion chart for sheet steel, aluminum, strip & tubing, etc. Be careful - 6 ga. sheet steel isn't the same thickness as 6 ga. aluminum!

[POS Racing]

For what you're trying to do, 6061 (the most common Al alloy) ought to suffice, although I'd take whatever POS happened to have lying around cheap.

I don't have an blocks of aluminum lying around as shown on the link, but I do have some sheet steel and some stainless, and maybe some aluminum....

[jolberry]

Thanks for the info altiain.

I don't have an blocks of aluminum lying around as shown on the link

Any ideas as to where to pick up some?

[sammm]

Any ideas as to where to pick up some?

LINKIE

[jolberry]

LINKIE

I was wondering if anyone had a recomendations! I know how to google!
smart

[POS Racing]

Good luck finding someone to sell you such a small quantity!

[jolberry]

Good luck finding someone to sell you such a small quantity!

I am finding this to be true!

[Treibenschnell]

Good luck finding someone to sell you such a small quantity!

Nicely show up and ask if they have any scrap pieces... doubtful, but it might work.

[channelmaniac]

Try your local scrap metal junkyard...

[general default]

I can tell you guys don't own a mod car.

Ft. Worth. Call them. They are use to talking to newbies about metal.
http://www.metalsupermarkets.com

Will sell any small amounts. Cut to your size.

Mail order cut to your size

http://www.onlinemetals.com

[POS Racing]

I can tell you guys don't own a mod car.

Ft. Worth. Call them. They are use to talking to newbies about metal.
http://www.metalsupermarkets.com

Will sell any small amounts. Cut to your size.

Mail order cut to your size

Hey thanks that's good to know!

[general default]

You could also go this route but it would cost more.
http://www.emachineshop.com/

[Darron65]

You could also go this route but it would cost more.
http://www.emachineshop.com/

Now THAT's a cool idea!

[Treibenschnell]

That is a neat idea... but do you as the originator retain rights to the design? Hmm...

[jolberry]

You could also go this route but it would cost more.
http://www.emachineshop.com/

Wow! I am going to price this out!

[channelmaniac]

Another source if you need aluminum tubing, bracket material, and more... Texas Towers sells it to people making custom amateur radio antennas. They are over in Plano.

RJ

[joe.MIATA]

Just look up local metal fabricators. They always have something laying around they are willing to sell- if they work with aluminum.
I bought some from a shop in Kennedale a fews years back.