It pays to shop around if you have the chance
ok i was thinking were is the best place to get 16g 1 inch x 1 inch square tubing from. I am in somerset.... how much will i need for a 7 car.and what will it cost.Ron type car....
There are (or certainly used to be) chassis kits for sale with all the bits ready cut.
I usually buy my metal from B+Q (rubbish quality and really expensive) or metalsupermarket (better quality but also expensive).....
Have a look in your local yellow pages for steel stockists. We have one near us and they will sell you the tubes that have been damaged usually on the
end ( and they are 6m long ) they charge £10 each for them. The other thing you can do is look for local maufacturers of office furniture my local one
were selling 25 x 25 to me at £15 for a 6m length.
Kev
no, no, no,no, no. B&Q?
Go to your local engineering workshop and get them to order it in for you. Or buy a kit from Armoto Engineering pre-cut. Makes life a hell of a lot
easier.
R.
I was gonna use these guys, bought a load of steel off them a couple of years back when I was
restoring a mini and making armour, was quite reasonable. Dunno what they're like now, but may be worth a look if they're not too far away
from you.
[Edited on 17/5/09 by Badger_McLetcher]
making armour? bizzare.
Anyway here's another vote for local steel stockists. When I called mine and told him what I wanted it for he was very helpful, and he's
keeping me loads of offcuts of 3mm plate for all my mounting brackets.
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Originally posted by aerosam
making armour? bizzare.
metals4u have a small range and are pretty expensive (sure the quality is fine), metalsupermarkets have a good range, but I'm told they are also
expensive.
Hobby friendly metal stockholders are listed here
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/metal-suppliers.htm
Check out the cutting lists here http://mcsorley.net/locost/
to estimate how much you'll need.
Buying a ready cut kit is probably a good compromise between cost and convenience.
I called in at my local stockholders (Suffolk Steel) today for some sheet and asked the price of 25 x 25 x 1.5 out of curiosity.
£10.65 +vat per 6m length. They have a standard £10 delivery charge.
I would think there's a steel stockholder in most areas.
Cheers
Paul G
For what its worth, I had to check the price of 1" 16g steel with a couple of local companies recently for a job at work. One wanted £10.75 + VAT
for a 6m length, the other wanted £6 something + VAT for the same length!
It pays to shop around if you have the chance
I was looking at Parker Steel prices today and they seem to have nearly halved since i looked a few weeks back.
Bloody hell your right Rod Ends, Parkers seem stupidly cheap - 25 x 25 x 1.5mm = £4.97 + VAT for a 6m length !!!!
Roll on pay day
Blimeh *looks for things to build* 
My local stockist charges less if you order more so it pays to measure up for all the other stuff you might want to do at the same time.
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Originally posted by Beardy_John
Bloody hell your right Rod Ends, Parkers seem stupidly cheap - 25 x 25 x 1.5mm = £4.97 + VAT for a 6m length !!!!