Places to buy metals online?

[Ben]

hi all. does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy metals online? i know about mcmaster-carr and onlinemetals.com, but they do not have what i need. i'm looking for some ridgid aluminum tubing, about 7/8" outer diameter.

thanks,
ben

[CNCadmin]

Look in the advertiser section. or click here-
OnLine Metals

[CAMmando]

Try carpenterdirect.com

[cbcnc]

Ben,

Online Metals has 7/8" Al Tubing in 1/8" wall. I just looked. I know that is not thick wall tube.
I recently purchased some 1 1/4" from them. To be honest the service was only fair; took them a while to send it out and the quality was alright but again not the best.

Chris

[Ben]

yeah, i've been to those two sites. carpenter's doesn't carry tubing, only rods, and onlinemetals only has tubing in 6061 aluminum, which is not ideal for me. this is for a RC helicopter tail boom, so i need a strong/ridgid alloy. 6061 is pretty soft, isn't it?

[HomeCNC]

6061-T6 is labeled as aircraft aluminum.

NO NO don't use CNCadmin's link. Mine is better

ONLINE METALS

[Ken_Shea]

6061-T6 is good aluminum alloy and as mentioned above aircraft quality, 7/8 x .125 wall in a two or 3 foot section would be quite rigid. How long will it need be?

Ken