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Painless
11-07-2008, 05:11 PM
$14.58 for a 12" x 12" piece of 316 grade annealed stainless steel sheet, 0.036" thick...

Is this a good price? ... or should I look elsewhere?

ridelong
11-07-2008, 06:05 PM
Check out McMaster carr. I can't remember for sure, but I think they were better than that.
I will vouche for their quality. I think I bought 22 ga., 2 ft. X 3 ft..

Painless
11-07-2008, 06:35 PM
That was McMasterCarr :)

sumdude
11-07-2008, 06:43 PM
Thats a really good price. Extremely good. jump on that. won get it any cheaper than that

Zymosan
11-07-2008, 07:30 PM
I agree.
Even being in a machine shop we paid around 300 for 40 6x6 316L S.S.
You wouldn't believe how much metal has gone up. I'd buy as much of that as you can, while you can.

metalman17
11-18-2008, 11:11 AM
Alcobra Metals now has 20, 22, and 24 ga T316L sheet on there website

Bassman
12-17-2008, 07:22 PM
I made the Junk Metal places and Thrift stores and ended up in Home Recycle center and found some commercial wall mount towel and trash dispensers made out of 304. They were 4 ft tall, 10 in deep and 2 feet wide. I got them for $15 each. It pays to recycle.

coffeeachiever
12-17-2008, 07:52 PM
Thats about what I got my 6x6 plates for. I plan to order from scm next time though. His prices are said to be very fair and he's getting good reviews from the group.

H2OPWR
12-18-2008, 01:59 AM
Thats about what I got my 6x6 plates for. I plan to order from scm next time though. His prices are said to be very fair and he's getting good reviews from the group.

I just finished sanding and cross sanding the plates I got from SCM. I do not know this guy from Adam but the quality is absolutely outstanding and the communication was even better. After I ordered the plates I cut gaskets for them while I was waiting for the plates. They fit perfectly so he followed instructions exactly. The price was good enough that I suspected 430 Stainless. I tried my best to get a magnet to stick to them but the plates were not magnetic. I totally beleive that they are as advertised.

dma1989
09-23-2009, 08:07 AM
I just finished sanding and cross sanding the plates I got from SCM. I do not know this guy from Adam but the quality is absolutely outstanding and the communication was even better. After I ordered the plates I cut gaskets for them while I was waiting for the plates. They fit perfectly so he followed instructions exactly. The price was good enough that I suspected 430 Stainless. I tried my best to get a magnet to stick to them but the plates were not magnetic. I totally beleive that they are as advertised.

British Guy Here:

Who (or what) is SCM? :D

sweet7549
09-23-2009, 05:30 PM
He is a member of this Forum who cuts sheetmetal any way you want.
I had the Smack plans made for the plates, they were perfect.
He is a great guy, his name is Tom.
I have his email or look under for sale
Cheers
Rick:D

Popsie
09-30-2009, 11:20 AM
The 4 years I've been making hho the best prices I've found is a www.sidecuts.com. $95 a roll. Different widths and weights. Here's a link to figure out weight and amount. http://www.brownmetals.com/home.asp?view=weight

velorossa22
10-01-2009, 02:59 PM
What size coil weight and thickness are you usually buying? Is the metal hard to get to flatten out of the coil or does it flatten easy?

Popsie
10-03-2009, 12:27 PM
They have all different kinds of thicknesses, usually something around .0155 or so. I've used the .031 but it's harder to cut with snips. It straightens out easily, either one. With all the coils $95 I usually get the heaviest. I've posted a link to Browns metal where there's a calculater to figure out how long it is.

Roland Jacques
10-08-2009, 12:08 PM
Which is better Annealed or full hard?