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Where to buy sheet metal in town?
Guys, I can only find 1/8" sheet metal in 2" strips max at Home Depot. What kind of place stocks 1'x1'x1/8"?
I'm making motor mounts for a motorcycle.
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I buy mine from a metal supply company that also does fabrication. I have to drive about 30 miles.
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BTW, I know that guys who do body fabrication like to shape a certain alloy of steel, but I don't know what alloy. I know it works into shape better than cheap steel.
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1/8" sheet seems a little thin for a motor mount...
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Thanks guys. Keep the suggestions coming!
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Here are some stock ones for a thickness comparison. My new engines holes are a couple inches off here and there.
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Try welding shops, any type of fab shop--they will susually sell you flatstcok. Get a fulll sheet if possible--usually 44" wide x 120" long. Great to have on-hand for other projects. For comparison purposes wholesale (1) 44" x 120" 22 gauge flat would run you around 75.00
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In Sacramento
Del Paso Pipe & Steel, Inc. Blue Collar Supply - Sacramento, CA http://www.sk-steel.com/ and online http://www.onlinemetals.com/
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ace/truevalue/sears has bigger sheets. i think 2'x1' or so
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Call a sheet metal or AC install company.
They will probably cut what you need from scrap.
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Metal Stores - Industrial Metal Supply Locations In California and Arizona
Looks like this place is only in Orange county and arizona but there has to be similar in Sac town. Amazing place.
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