How about a junk yard with a stainless steel section? I've been to one, and
although i didn't lok around in the ss section, they did have tons of stuff.
My dad bought some huge stainless (10-20 lb) pipe and hose connectors used
in a nuclear power plant that had to have cost 100s (if not more) of dollars
when new (pretty fancy machining, and nuc. plant reg.s are crazy) for about
$30. He works for Southern Company (GA Power, Savanah Power....) and figured
they'd make pretty cool paper weights.

-Will


"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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On 22 Feb 2005 11:54:34 -0800,
wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply. I need a box that is roughly 4"x12" with a
height of 2'+. Cylinders, although easy to come by especially in
stainless, create problems with trying to get heat to all the beans.
That's why the ammo boxes caught my eye in the first place. I would
only need to fab one piece and drill two holes to get to what I need.

Stainless is what I thought of first but I was floored by the price of
stainless sheet. I even thought about cutting an SS cookie sheet and
the pieces reassembled.

How about a stainless steel sink? Get 'em at home stores for less
than it'd cost to fab something.

Perhaps you or someone else has some suggestion for materials that
wouldn't break the bank. I would like to keep this part of the project
under $75. I know that's not much and it's a one-off sort of thing but
I'm just trying to tinker and don't want to set the wife off on what
was supposed to be a cost cutting measure long ago.

Ah, there's your mistake. Don't sell these projects on cost, because
SWMBO always knows better (based on previous similar projects). Sell
it on quality, or self-reliance, or something like that - not cost.
Cost is too measurable, when you sell it on something intangible, it's
harder for her to show you just how wrong you are.

Dave Hinz