Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:50 am
Just found this while on e-bay, 2x2x72 in steel tubing for under $20 a piece. Damn good price compared to what I can find elsewhere.
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Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:21 am
I found the tubing for my press at Morse Steel in bellingham. It is a big warehouse that caters more to the industrial customer. It cost be about $200 for enough steel to make an 8 foot long frame with extra reinforcement. I had them all cut to ten foot lengths from 20 foot lengths so they would fit in the back of my truck. I am sure most towns have some sort of industrial steel supply place like this.
I saw that online place too, but the local vendor was actually cheaper. Plus, steel is pretty darn heavy, and I can't imagine what shipping would cost on something like that.
Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:02 am
your local junkyard may have a lot of useful metal as well.
Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:58 am
I got a bunch of i-beams that happened to be 80" long from a junk pile at the D.O.T. Never found anyone to ask about it, so I just took them.
Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:16 pm
just curious, how did you lift the i-beams?
Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:54 pm
they're just about the limit that a single person would be able to carry. I'll get some pics today as I'm doing some measurements and final design creation. The dimensions are 81" long x 6" high x 4"wide and the metal is 1/4" thick.
Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:42 pm
Does anyone know of a place to find new or used 6" fire hose at a reasonable price. We have a few local places in town with 4" fire hose at about $5 per foot, but I have not been able to find 6" in Anchorage.
Thanks
Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:36 pm
You might try talking to a fire department, or if you have any friends who are fire fighters. I have a friend working on getting me some used fire hose. The fire departments have to get rid of their hose if it has any frays in it and from my understanding they just throw it away. Apparently the hoses are okay for use still, they just have surface damage that makes them unsuitable by the safety standards.
Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:20 pm
I've checked around with our local fire departments. So far they have given me a bit of the run around, but hopefully I'll get a chunk soon. If you happen to get a source I'd like to get 10' of 5" hose.
Cheers
Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:13 pm
rawhidefirehose.com
my firehose is in the mail