Need single piece of sheet steel for a project, source?

[Dan]

I need a single piece of sheet steel, approximately 17" x 7" x 1/8" (or
slightly thicker) for a project. I haven't checked yet, but I'm
guessing Home Depot etc. don't carry such items (I know the carry
thinner sheet metal, angle iron, metal rods, etc, but I've never seen
snything like this there). Any ideas where I can such a thing?

TIA

Dan

 

[kip]

Try a local Metal Fabricating shop.
Check ya Yellow Pages.

kip

 

[Sarah]

sheet metal shop. Even our small city has one. Perhaps a heating
supply store too.

 

[Dan]

sheet metal shop. Even our small city has one. Perhaps a heating
supply store too.

Thanks for the replies. A number of people have suggested such
commercial places, I thought they wouldn't want to be bothered, but I'll
give it a try!

Dan

 

[Sergey Kubushin]

Thanks for the replies. A number of people have suggested such
commercial places, I thought they wouldn't want to be bothered, but I'll
give it a try!

They will. At least here in Las Vegas every metal shop would sell any piece
of metal they have to anybody.

And if everything else failed there is a last resort -- the greedy bastards
from McMaster: http://www.mcmaster.com ...

 

[Dan]

And if everything else failed there is a last resort -- the greedy bastards
from McMaster: http://www.mcmaster.com ...


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Sergey-Boy you got that right! Looked at McMaster out of curiosity, I
can get a 12" x 12" piece of 1/8" steel from them for a mere $163! Now
we know where all the military contractors buy their materials!

Dan

 

[Sergey Kubushin]

Sergey-Boy you got that right! Looked at McMaster out of curiosity, I
can get a 12" x 12" piece of 1/8" steel from them for a mere $163! Now
we know where all the military contractors buy their materials!

No, there are even better places... ) But that list is classified and
require TSC to look into. And they'll kill you after you did. )

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

I need a single piece of sheet steel, approximately 17" x 7" x 1/8" (or
slightly thicker) for a project. I haven't checked yet, but I'm
guessing Home Depot etc. don't carry such items (I know the carry
thinner sheet metal, angle iron, metal rods, etc, but I've never seen
snything like this there). Any ideas where I can such a thing?

TIA

Dan

Are there any large scrap yards in the area? A lot of them either
resell scarp or have a stock of metal for sale. I have found at least
one near every place I've lived, except a small army base in the middle
of Alaska, and I had no need to look while i was there. The one near me
sells scrap steel sheet, tube or pipe for 25 cents a pound.