Tom,
Try looking in the phone book under steel service centers (two in the
area here are O'Neal Steel and Tull Metals).
In many cases, they scrap out pieces shorter than 20' (they're called
drops), and if you talk nice to the shop supervisor, you might just pay
scrap prices for some nice stuff. If you don't need certification, often
they can TELL you the alloy and the heat number.
My brother works for one of these shops and provided most of this
information.
Hope this helps.
73,
Rick, WB3EXR
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:14:18 -0400 Thomas Cook <tacookfam@exotrope.net>
writes:
>
>
>Gents,
>
>Does anyone know where *short* sections (3 feet long) of 2" ID x
>0.25"
>wall steel tubing can be bought?? It **is** made and is a fairly
>common
>size but distributors don't want to talk with you unless it is at
>least
>a $500 order. Phone calls over the past couple of weeks have yielded
>only irritation & frustration. Alloys of 4130, 1026 are fine and
>even
>1020 steel would probably work OK. Welded or DOM (drawn over
>mandrel)
>are not a concern either. Can't use schedule 80 pipe; has too small
>an
>ID (1.936"); needs to be the 2".
>
>Time for decent wx is growing short!
>
>TIA,
>
>Tom - WA2BPE
>
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