Aluminium sheet

[ady]

need a piece 70cm x 80cm, 5 or 6 mm, good grade for hw chassis, cheap as poss in these hard times :wink:

(Message edited by ady on February 19, 2009)

[ady]

Aluminium sheet

now sorted

[froggy]

Aluminium sheet

Hi adrian
I too am lookin for a plate of ally 6mm / 8mm for a heavy base plate....prices i have been quoted are crazy....can ya give me some pointers ??
Cheers Froggy

[ady]

Aluminium sheet

Hi Tony,

i have just had a price which im not sure if it is cheap or expensive lol, its from a company up the road from me called shropshire aluminium, they have quoted me

6082T6 is £69.00 or in a softer grade 1050 £49.00

that is for 5mm 70cm x 80cm. is this the going rate? and im not sure if the grade is good enough.

[m2xt]

Aluminium sheet

Adrian,

Not a bad price, maybe slightly on the expensive side. Personally, I would offer them £60 as they are still making a a reasonable margin as I happen to know the wholesaler rate. Someone may know where to get it even cheaper of course, all depends on how hungry the supplier is.

[m2xt]

Aluminium sheet

I should have also said that 6082T6 is about 3 times harder and has nearly three time the tensile strength of 1050H14 making it great for a stiff chassis.

[ady]

Aluminium sheet

ok, cheers paul.

[john]

Aluminium sheet

get 8mm - beast has took so much abuse from thz and thor and its not even that damaged

tough stuff - beats hardox :P