Look in the local yellow pages under metal. I found my local metal
distributor by cold calling a local fab shop on the phone and asking
them where they get their metal. The local distributor he referred me
to has been good to me, I pay cash and they don't ask me my name, no
need to prove that I am a business, etc.

Welding 26-28 ga aluminum is probably a lot harder than you think it is.
Even steel of that ga is not going to be easy. You might try 24 ga and
see if you can weld it and bend it. Easy to bend is only half the story
for this project. You might be better off having a local shop roll
thicker material in a slip roller, rather than trying to weld something
that is thinner than your skill and equipment can reliably weld.

Wrapping a cylinder of 1" diameter will be hard, but maybe that is not
what you meant. If that is what you really want to do, forget it and
buy a tube instead.

Good luck. Sounds like a sculpture project.

Richard



Zipper wrote:

I'm looking to buy some sheet metal for a project I am working on. I'm done
a little research and I'm pretty sure that I'll need 26-28 gauge Aluminum or
Steel. I will be wrapping this around a 78"x37" cylinder. I will also be
wrapping a 110"x1" cylinder and cover a 35" diameter circle. This doesn't
need to have much strength since it won't support anything. I do need to be
able to bend it around these objects, so I figure 26-28 gauge should allow
me to wrap it around by hand. What I don't know is where to get this, and
about how much it would cost. I live in Atlanta, but I don't mind having it
shipped, so long as it doesn't cost too much. This will be for show, so it
does need to look pretty nice. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

F.Y.I. I'm pretty new to welding/metalworking in general. I'm working on MIG
welding right now, and I'm enjoying it alot. Thanks again

-Zipper