Looking for one-off aluminium sheet offcut

Does anyone have an Al sheet offcut in their bin that they can spare,
14 or 16 Ga (18 is too bendy), 300 x 300 mm minimum size. Needs to be
reasonably flat, but surface scratches or marking isn't a problem.

Application is an internal bracket for a one-off device.

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

I can collect from anywhere in Perth metro. Mangled email follows...
tia

bxvarley@weqstnet.com.au Remove ecks and kyoo.

 

[Shed_Fiddler]

On 31-Oct-14 11:30 AM, Bruce Varley wrote:

Does anyone have an Al sheet offcut in their bin that they can spare,
14 or 16 Ga (18 is too bendy), 300 x 300 mm minimum size. Needs to be
reasonably flat, but surface scratches or marking isn't a problem.

Application is an internal bracket for a one-off device.

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

I can collect from anywhere in Perth metro. Mangled email follows...
tia

bxvarley@weqstnet.com.au Remove ecks and kyoo.

Drop in to just about any sheet metal place and give them 5 bucks for
their morning tea fund - it's worked for me many a time.


What suburb?

 

[F Murtz]

Shed_Fiddler wrote:

On 31-Oct-14 11:30 AM, Bruce Varley wrote:
Does anyone have an Al sheet offcut in their bin that they can spare,
14 or 16 Ga (18 is too bendy), 300 x 300 mm minimum size. Needs to be
reasonably flat, but surface scratches or marking isn't a problem.

Application is an internal bracket for a one-off device.

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

I can collect from anywhere in Perth metro. Mangled email follows...
tia

bxvarley@weqstnet.com.au Remove ecks and kyoo.


Drop in to just about any sheet metal place and give them 5 bucks for
their morning tea fund - it's worked for me many a time.


What suburb?

Some scrap dealers resell, I have a pet one in sydney that deals in most
non ferrous metals with a small amount of steel and I regularly don a
fluoro jacket and boots and fossick and come away with al or stainless
sheet, bar and round stock, to use in lathe even some titanium once.

 

[news13]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 07:02:44 +1100, Andy Wood wrote:

Have those sort of places
really disappeared all over the country?

IME, yes. If you're after fencing, reasonably problem free, but anything
else can be problematic, especially specialised stuff.

 

[Andy Wood]

"Bruce Varley" wrote in message
news:a6065a1ivck9jeaa9454qf83squ4aheied@4ax.com...

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

Many years ago there used to be a place in Manly Vale in Sydney, where
anybody could buy cut-to-size sheet, extrusions and you name it. I also have
a recollection of later going to a similar place somewhere near Minchinbury.
However, wind forward to perhaps five years ago, and I could not find
anywhere that was selling aluminium like that. Have those sort of places
really disappeared all over the country?

 

[pedro]

On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 07:02:44 +1100, "Andy Wood"
<woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au> wrote:

"Bruce Varley" wrote in message
news:a6065a1ivck9jeaa9454qf83squ4aheied@4ax.com...

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

Many years ago there used to be a place in Manly Vale in Sydney, where
anybody could buy cut-to-size sheet, extrusions and you name it. I also have
a recollection of later going to a similar place somewhere near Minchinbury.
However, wind forward to perhaps five years ago, and I could not find
anywhere that was selling aluminium like that. Have those sort of places
really disappeared all over the country?

There was an Alcan here on GEH in Belmont (WA...) who allowed you to
rummage through their scrap dumpster and pay a per-kg price for
wahtever you wnated. They stopped that a good ten years back and the
reason they gave was legal liability.

 

[Chris Jones]

On 02/11/2014 07:02, Andy Wood wrote:

"Bruce Varley" wrote in message
news:a6065a1ivck9jeaa9454qf83squ4aheied@4ax.com...

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

Many years ago there used to be a place in Manly Vale in Sydney, where
anybody could buy cut-to-size sheet, extrusions and you name it. I also
have a recollection of later going to a similar place somewhere near
Minchinbury. However, wind forward to perhaps five years ago, and I
could not find anywhere that was selling aluminium like that. Have those
sort of places really disappeared all over the country?

In the last year have bought offcuts of sheet at Alucom in Canberra of
all places. I would expect cities which have any manufacturing industry
to have many more suppliers. You could also ask at Metalmart. I think
the one near me has a guillotine and will cut to size, for a fee. I
think that 10 minutes with the yellow pages and a phone ought to find a
supplier near you.

Chris

 

[Trevor Wilson]

On 31/10/2014 2:30 PM, Bruce Varley wrote:

Does anyone have an Al sheet offcut in their bin that they can spare,
14 or 16 Ga (18 is too bendy), 300 x 300 mm minimum size. Needs to be
reasonably flat, but surface scratches or marking isn't a problem.

Application is an internal bracket for a one-off device.

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

I can collect from anywhere in Perth metro. Mangled email follows...
tia

bxvarley@weqstnet.com.au Remove ecks and kyoo.

**WTF is "14 or 16ga"?

Try specifying the size in mm. Australia has been a Metric nation for
decades. Whenever I've specified metalwork, the supplier always demands
dimensions in mm.

--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[Rod Speed]

"pedro" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:b23b5a9s8hsnf6rb0ii1fhck1p0picf931@4ax.com...

On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 07:02:44 +1100, "Andy Wood"
woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au> wrote:


"Bruce Varley" wrote in message
news:a6065a1ivck9jeaa9454qf83squ4aheied@4ax.com...

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

Many years ago there used to be a place in Manly Vale in Sydney, where
anybody could buy cut-to-size sheet, extrusions and you name it. I also
have
a recollection of later going to a similar place somewhere near
Minchinbury.
However, wind forward to perhaps five years ago, and I could not find
anywhere that was selling aluminium like that. Have those sort of places
really disappeared all over the country?

There was an Alcan here on GEH in Belmont (WA...) who allowed you to
rummage through their scrap dumpster and pay a per-kg price for
wahtever you wnated. They stopped that a good ten years back and the
reason they gave was legal liability.

That's just bullshit, there is no legal liability.

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

On 31/10/14 11:30 AM, "Bruce Varley" wrote:

Does anyone have an Al sheet offcut in their bin that they can spare,
14 or 16 Ga (18 is too bendy), 300 x 300 mm minimum size. Needs to be
reasonably flat, but surface scratches or marking isn't a problem.

Application is an internal bracket for a one-off device.

Altronics and Jaycar don't seem to souce any longer, and the metal
suppliers have MOQs that are ridiculous in this one-off instance.

I can collect from anywhere in Perth metro. Mangled email follows...
tia

bxvarley@weqstnet.com.au Remove ecks and kyoo.

I know Bunnings carry lightweight aly, perhaps they have heavier ?