McMaster Carr has a wide selection of EVERYTHING... expensive though.
Try your yellow pages under "steel", and "metal". The professional places will treat you like a pain in the butt (because you are).
1) Have a good idea what you want.
2) Be willing to accept a scrap piece larger than your needs.
3) Take a fresh dozen donuts with you in the morning (no joke, not Monday).
If you're not too ugly or rude, you'll probably get a piece for free. An invoice is more hassle than it's worth often times. Copper might be different story at the moment.
Also try local sheetmetal or machine shops.
Try your yellow pages under "steel", and "metal". The professional places will treat you like a pain in the butt (because you are).
1) Have a good idea what you want.
2) Be willing to accept a scrap piece larger than your needs.
3) Take a fresh dozen donuts with you in the morning (no joke, not Monday).
If you're not too ugly or rude, you'll probably get a piece for free. An invoice is more hassle than it's worth often times. Copper might be different story at the moment.
Also try local sheetmetal or machine shops.
I have a local sheet metal/scrap dealer (who I sell my recycled AL cans to). I can get remnant pieces at the going aluminum scrap cost - usually $2 to $3 a pound. I can basically sell my cans and turn around and buy some AL sheets/plates all in the same place - pretty cool. They also have copper, I'll have to look into that.
Before that, I've purchased from onlinemetals.com before. Prices are OK. Probably better than McMaster-Carr.
-Ken
Before that, I've purchased from onlinemetals.com before. Prices are OK. Probably better than McMaster-Carr.
-Ken
I buy the serious stuff at www.onlinemetals.com. The selection and service are excellent.
The local hardware stores can be a resource too. They all seem to be a bit different. Sometimes you can buy some product that can be sliced up to give you metal parts cheaper than the raw metal stock!
Graeme
The local hardware stores can be a resource too. They all seem to be a bit different. Sometimes you can buy some product that can be sliced up to give you metal parts cheaper than the raw metal stock!
Graeme
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