Where to buy metal?
 

I want to build a stand for my computer monitor (21", doesn't fit on my
desk..) I just got a welder but where can I buy metal? I think I saw
some at Sears but I'm not positive.

Thanks

Where to buy metal?
 

On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 19:14:28 -0400, Michael Shaffer
wrote:

I want to build a stand for my computer monitor (21", doesn't fit on my
desk..) I just got a welder but where can I buy metal? I think I saw
some at Sears but I'm not positive.

Thanks
I usually buy angle iron for about five cents per foot on Saturdays
(bed frames at a buck each)
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Where to buy metal?
 

"Michael Shaffer" wrote in message
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I want to build a stand for my computer monitor (21", doesn't fit on my
desk..) I just got a welder but where can I buy metal? I think I saw
some at Sears but I'm not positive.

Thanks


It would help if you said where you live. That way people in the area could
tell you.

Lane

Where to buy metal?
 

Northern VA

Lane wrote:
"Michael Shaffer" wrote in message
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I want to build a stand for my computer monitor (21", doesn't fit on my
desk..) I just got a welder but where can I buy metal? I think I saw
some at Sears but I'm not positive.

Thanks



It would help if you said where you live. That way people in the area could
tell you.

Lane

Where to buy metal?
 

Home Depot, Lowes and some hardware stores have racks of rod, angle, and
strip steel that might meet your needs. Plus there is pipe, bed frames, and
the nearest metal scrap yard.
If you get desperate, you can buy damn near anything online.

Randy

"Michael Shaffer" wrote in message
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I want to build a stand for my computer monitor (21", doesn't fit on my
desk..) I just got a welder but where can I buy metal? I think I saw
some at Sears but I'm not positive.

Thanks

Where to buy metal?
 

In article 5JrPc.1934$Yr.682@okepread02,
Michael Shaffer wrote:

Lane wrote:

"Michael Shaffer" wrote in message
news:mPePc.1928$Yr.1441@okepread02...

I want to build a stand for my computer monitor (21", doesn't fit on my
desk..) I just got a welder but where can I buy metal? I think I saw
some at Sears but I'm not positive.

[ ... ]

It would help if you said where you live. That way people in the area could
tell you.

Northern VA

In that case, try Potomac Steel, off Loisdale road just a bit
south of where I-95 hits the Washington Beltway (I-495).

Either be prepared to pay for cuts (if you want shorter pieces),
or to buy full-length pieces and cut them once you get them home.

The times when I have been there, they have been reasonable
people.

You'll get better steel than you could get from Sears, or from
Home Depot -- but you may have to make choices. Since I don't weld,
I'll leave it to others to suggest reasonable grades of steel to buy for
the purpose. I like 12L14 for machining, but it is supposed to be very
bad for welding, and I'm not even sure that they stock that. I've been
lucky enough to get in on some group purchases as part of CAMS
(Chesapeake Area Metalworking Society).

Enjoy,
DoN.

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