On 09/15/10 11:31 PM, John Wilson wrote:
> In the UK Smith's metals (www.smithmetal.com), although really a
> wholesaler, will also supply relatively small quantities of Ally to
> credit card buyers. They do have 1/2 inch 18 SWG (Imperial) drawn
> tubing (6082) but it's frightfully expensive when compared to 16 SWG
> extruded.6082 (Think it was almost twice the price). As my Yagi was
> only a 6 ele and I come from Yorkshire I went for the 16 SWG however I
> now pay the price every time the darn thing goes up up in a contest.
>
> So, does anybody know if this price difference is to do with the
> supplier or is it to do with the manufacturing process?.
>
> John G3UUT
If you go down with cash, you can often get offcuts from them too - at least
that was the case. I've not been for over a decade
Dave
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