[Amps] Sourcing Sheet Aluminum and Antenna tubing

[John Wilson]

The branch of Smith's I went to earlier this year (Biggleswade) was such 
a large modern operation (complying with H&S) you couldn't get close 
enough to the warehouse or any real people to do useful deals.
John G3UUT
 
Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> 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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