aluminum sheets in PA

[Mustang_child]

hello everyone i am from middle PA and was wondering if anyone in pennsylvania near the middle new of a place to get maybe 1/4 inch sheets of aluminum. i woudl liek to make a custom MT to use as a crawler so i have a good onroad and a good offroad vehicle. if you do knwo and you have gotten from there could you please post prices please? you help woudl be greatly appreciated.

[GOLDPLATED]

alcoa.com that should get you started

[Mustang_child]

thanks alot this is a big help!

[RC Jack]

Near the middle of Pa, MC? Harrisburg area? Try looking in the Yellow Pages for METALS. You should be able to plenty of places that have aluminum plate. BTW, 1/4" is plate, not sheet, tho, it's sold by the sheet.:D :D
You might also try this place: http://www.industrialmetalsales.com/index.html
They have very good prices.

Even this place: http://onlinemetals.com/

You could even do a search on eBay for FORTAL. This is 7075 alloy. I've bough "a ton" of it and at the prices they ask, you can't beat it. Now, whether they carry .250", I don't know. The sizes that are shown, tho, you could call them, are "offbeat" sizes, some with scratches, gouges, in general, imperfections. Worth a look!

I take it you are going to build a MT Crawler from scratch? Way to go!!

[Mustang_child]

thanks for the support and as for surface scratches ill just qrind it and wire brush it to some degree of shine. and as for the ebay metals id buy from ebay but mother took my plastics away from me :( is 600 too much for 3 items? :rolleyes: and yes ill probably be building maybe 2 crawlers. 1 in a bout a 1/10 scale and maybe one about a smaller scale. jsut wondering jack what axles did you use on your pie wagon? and would clod axles be a good choice for more sand runing and hill climbing then rock crawling?

[RC Jack]

Originally posted by Mustang_child
thanks for the support and as for surface scratches ill just qrind it and wire brush it to some degree of shine. and as for the ebay metals id buy from ebay but mother took my plastics away from me :( is 600 too much for 3 items? :rolleyes: and yes ill probably be building maybe 2 crawlers. 1 in a bout a 1/10 scale and maybe one about a smaller scale. jsut wondering jack what axles did you use on your pie wagon? and would clod axles be a good choice for more sand runing and hill climbing then rock crawling?

MC, the front-end & rear-ends were machined; as for the axles themselves, they are OFNA.

The 600 that you mention, would that be $600 for 3 items and would that be alloy items? For $600, you could literally buy a truckload!

For clod axles, try going here: www.rc4wd.com. Tons of clod stuff here.

(MC, thought that I'd answer your PM here as it might help others as well)

[Mustang_child]

$600 dollars as in car parts for my moms car and new air shocks for my car and i got the card taken from me.so my moms car has about 100 hp mor then it did is that wrong?:rolleyes: and as for linkages would clod style 4 link suspension type work? it will have canti suspension and i am making a cut out of cardboard and then pvc block and maybe assemble a mock chasis out of it.

[Mustang_child]

jeez y must axles be so much. 229.00 + ship. = more then i have now. i need 60 by the end of the month now + parts to get that ready.:rolleyes: i have a problem im addicted to rc.