Jerry Hey wrote:

I am unable to find a source for 4130 sheet .063 thickness.
According
to ACS the producer has gone belly up. They are looking for another
supplier.  Does anyone have a source?     Thanks,  Jerry

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=814&step=2

Jerry go to Google and put in 4130 steel sheet

You will get lots of suppliers.

Paul Lamar

I did that.  Found one whose prices were twice that of ACS.  Something
like $80.00 for two pieces of 8' x 30"    Jerry

16 feet by 30 inches will make a lot of Schertz beams :)
Lets see 16 feet 192 inches say 8" per beam 24 beams
$3.30 per 30" long beam.

Paul Lamar

That was supposed to be 8 inches.  I had a bad day at the key board
yesterday.   Dillsburg, who I have learned supplies everyone else, is
completely out of 4130 sheet.  No word on when there will be more.  How
about 304 SS?   Jerry

304 SS is not near as good as 4130.

In the mean time Jerry if the price is only double I would go for it.
Still you are looking at only $40 per beam for material and only $20
more per beam per mount. Later on you can go for quantity and a lower price.

Also how about 1 by 2 by 4130 tubing .063 wall. It is a bit more work
as you will have to weld in bolt bushings like Bill Schertz did.

Here is an aluminum extrusion catalog. Use the 2-1/2" by 2" 1/4" wall.
1.8 pounds per foot. My guess is it will be $10 a foot or more.

http://www.temroc.com/TSAES.pdf 

Paul Lamar
 
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