WANTED: square bar or heavy guage square tube

[Jimbojones]

Folks

looking for 7-8 feet (3x28 min lengths) of 1-1/4" up to 2" square bar or tubing. can be 1x2" etc as long as one side is no less than 1" and the other is no more than 2". If tubing, should be .125 nominal.

Tried Metal Supermarket (why do I do that...) and they wanted over $100 for bar. Umm....that was scrap pricing.

 

[Janger]

Check on federal metals web site. Prices are listed. Steel inc is open sat and will be 29% more. Convenient & cleaner material ...

 

[Alexander]

29% someone has done the math!

 

[Jimbojones]

I'm looking for scrap/end-cuts...not new.

 

[Dabbler]

we could buy a 2X2 piece and split it...

 

[Jimbojones]

got a nice way to 'rip' a piece of steel? also...not sure if its going to be any cheaper that way since they mostly charge for the weight

 

[PeterT]

1.25" square x 0.125" wall is showing at 1.84 $/ft if that works
http://www.federalmetals.calls.net/we-sell/hss-square--rectangle-tubing

 

[Jimbojones]

thats a better price; Princess Auto wanted over $4.60/ft

did some more figuring and I think what I'll need is 2x2x.188..looks like $5/ft not crazy butI really dont need pretty stuff as this is going to be used under a machine and costmetics are irrelevant

 

[Jimbojones]

pulled the trigger and bought 10' @ Federal. Only needed 7' but silly that Federal @ 10' was CHEAPER than Metal Supermarket @ 7' by almost $10!!! 40% difference per foot

Part that ticked off off the most was guy @ MS told me that he was 'discounting the prices'...yet I already had looked them up online and all he was doing was quoting that...not cool.