 Where to buy STEEL in Bay Area, I know it is getting expensive... |
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| Britain Smith |
 Mar 11 2004, 11:28 AM
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Nano Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,354 Joined: 27-February 03 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 364  |
With the rising steel prices, I want to go ahead and get some pieces to build my rotessire. I am going to need about 25 feet of 2.5-inch square tubing with 1.88-inch wall thickness, 35 feet of 2.0-inch 11-gauge square tubing, and about 2 feet of both 3.5-inch diameter 3/16-inch wall round stock and 3.0-inch round stock. I will also need about 2 square feet of 3/8-inch thick 1008 or 1010 sheet steel for another project.
All of the pieces are 6-feet and under with most of them much shorter than that, so it might be possible to find somewhere selling used stock. Does anyone have any recommendations? I would like to pick the stuff up today and if they will cut it to lenght for my there that would save a lot of headache. -Britain |
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Mar 11 2004, 12:34 PM
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I goto Metal SuperMarkets in San Clara. I think it's [url]www.metalsupermarkets.com[/rul] or something like that.
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| sanglee007 |
Mar 11 2004, 01:02 PM
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Allen Steel (?)
Redwood City, 101 @ Whipple from South go north Whipple, @ Exit turn right. It's on the Left I bought some scrap there. Lots of stuff. Sang |
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| Mueller |
Mar 11 2004, 01:15 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Fremont Steel, near the NUMI plant off of Fremont Blvd.
cut's are normally $1.00 a cut |
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| jonwatts |
Mar 11 2004, 01:23 PM
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no rules, just wrong Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,321 Joined: 13-January 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 141  |
Sims Metal on Monterey in San Jose also sells metal and may be cheaper than some of the supply-only places. I bought the materials for my 914 towbar from them. The towbar that Brad graciously helped me weld and that I will probably never use again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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| nebreitling |
Mar 11 2004, 02:21 PM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
http://www.borrmannsteel.com/
in east palo alto (don't get shot) they've always done good by me, and they've delivered for me, as well. i think it's a $25 min order. cool place to walk around, too. |
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| Mueller |
Mar 11 2004, 02:30 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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QUOTE . i think it's a $25 min order. cool place to walk around, make sure you wear covered shoes....last year I wore my sandels into a place like that and got my a$$ yelled out for like 2 minutes straight by the owner.......ended up spending about $500 that day at his shop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| nebreitling |
Mar 11 2004, 02:44 PM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
lol...
yeah, maybe you should wear a hard hat too. it's a working area... last time i was there (w/ the 914) i talked w/ a guy who i thought was the owner's son in law. he mentioned that the owner (or some old dude affiliated w/ the co.) had a 6-conversion. so, they're 914 friendly! |
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| Jeff Bonanno |
Mar 11 2004, 02:49 PM
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il dottore Group: Members Posts: 421 Joined: 30-April 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 636 |
Britain,
which design did you settle on? (lessee where was that thread with the link to your gallery...) jbb |
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