Sources of metal plate

[daveimi]

Hi all, please can you suggest some places I can order plate steel etc say 8-10mm thick, sort of the stuff you all use for building your heavyweights with.

[terry]

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We don't use metal that thick its too heavy. We mostly use 3.2mm Hardox or 4mm if you have to as 3.2 is a bit scarce at the moment.

[daveimi]

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ok thats cool. Do you know of a good suppliers.

[shakesc]

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Search for waterjetting companies - there were some recommendations there

www.yorkshireprofiles.co.uk

[daveimi]

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ok thanks. My featherweight is nearly finished and I'm ready to build a heavyweight so am now reading up for this lol

[daveimi]

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Is 6mm Ally strong enough for a baseplate? Just from curiosity.

[team_mute]

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Mute runs with a 6mm ali base plate and it lasted all these years and all the self rights

[daveimi]

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Oh cool, thanks for that! I like the look of it, you can do a lot with it and keep the weight down. Does it angle grind ok?

[adz600]

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no aluminium should not be cut with any spinning cutters as it tends to melt a create a horrible mess, jigsaw or bandsaws are your only real options, unless you can get a good bech shear

[maddox10]

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Anglegrinding ali is a fickle thing.
Normal cutting disks clog up and don't cut very well. Als, the chances are reasonably that the disk will shatter.

One thing is for sure, ali will get a lot hotter than steel for the same amount of work.

Unless it's a very high grade of ali, a jigsaw of good quality is your friend.

[blazerbotics]

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a Rage saw will do it. The thickness all depends on your design, Mute has got away with 6mm as its small and has chunky bulkheads that take all the stress, Kronic has 3mm Ali, but nothing is attached to it, it's just armour. If you want something just to bolt everything on top off (the way people tend to build FWs), then you will need alot thicker.

[daveimi]

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Yeah had a go at dinner time with grinding some ally angle n it struggled but will go through box section dead easy. Mild Steel's a lot cheaper so will look to that I would think lol, found http://www.metals4u.co.uk on the web and they seem pretty cheap.

[typhoon_driver]

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if it's ali box section then get out the hacksaw and do it the old fashioned way

[daveimi]

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Going back to a hack saw after an angle grinder was a bit of a shock this afternoon.

[Liftoff]

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if using an angle grinder make sure to get the correct grade non ferrous cut-off discs, normal ones will overheat, may get stuck in alu and shatter...seen it happen