[450] Metal Supermarkets: Your Shopping Cart

[David McKenzie]

Also note:

*Product may be cut if it is more than 150lbs. in weight or 108inches in
length or 160inches in total length with width and girth, and may incur
additional shipping charges.

They may cut stuff over 9 feet, and the tubing can only be picked up from
their store in Illinois. Bummer.

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM, David McKenzie <kb1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:

> I see sched 40 6061T6 1.25" aluminum pipe for about that same price.
> Because it's pipe and not tubing, the size shown is the inner diameter, so
> schedule 40 reads that it would be 1.66" outer diameter, with a 0.165" wall
> thickness. That 1.5" 6063 is 1.91" outer diameter, 0.145" thickness, but
> with half the ultimate tensile strength as the 6061T6. Generally, antennas
> are made out of the 6063, and masts out of 6061. You don't want to make
> masts out of the 6063 because its only half as strong as the 6061 (which is
> still ultimately only half as strong as steel.) There was also schedule 80 2
> inch pipe, which is 2.375" OD, 0.218" wall thickness. This is too big for
> those rotors, though.
>
> Note that if you shop for tubing instead of pipe, you can find 6061T6 1.5"
> OD 1/4" wall for $107.15, or 1.75" OD for $53 more.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Thomas Moore <piper925 at att.net> wrote:
>
>>  Hmmm, I see that shopping cart contents didn't carry to the link. Didn't
>> think so, but it was worth a shot. When searching yourself, search by grade.
>> The 6063T5 grade will find you thick wall pipe. 6061 will render sch10 which
>> is too thin walled for your app.
>> Piper
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>  *From:* Thomas Moore <piper925 at att.net>
>> *To:* 144.450 Mailing List <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:22 AM
>> *Subject:* [450] Metal Supermarkets: Your Shopping Cart
>>
>> Bob, here ya go. Needed to get home on the 'puter to find.
>> 20' Aluminum sch40 (threading pipe size) I'm guessing 3/16" wall, 1.5" od,
>> 19 lbs., grade 6063T5......$84.45.
>> In any of our local places...Logan, Chapin-Bangs, Zeiss, I'm guessing a
>> few hundred$$.
>> Confusing site, crummy store locator, but you'll navigate it ok.
>> Save on shipping, on one of your sauce runs to Binghamton, they seem to
>> have an Albany store. Compile a .450 shopping list for gas $$$. It would
>> probably be worth everyone's while.
>> Pipe
>>
>> https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/Cart.aspx
>>
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