About to start a custon IC project and found great prices for 2.75" aluminum tubing at ATP
http://www.atpturbo.com/Merchant2/me...egory_Code=ALM

Anyone have a better source to recommend?

 

woolfaircraft.com has great prices.

 

Great prices? Not really. I saw a company on ebay selling tubing for cheaper. If you need mandrel bends you are much better off having it done locally then paying $45 for an elbow.

 

Haven't found anybody in houston tx that will do mandrel aluminum bends for a consumer.

 

Atp has the best prices I have found and I looked for quite a while.

Just make sure they have the stuff in stock before you order it, my 2.75 tube took 2 months for them to deliver

 

www.stainlessworks.com has elbows for around 19.00 each with about a 5.5" leg. Or you can be brave, and order a "grab bag" for 130.00. It comes with 10 miscellaneous bends. They will not tell you what you are getting, but you should be able to complee most IC projects with that. The price is for 2.5" stainless, aluminum is quite a bit less. Also, I found a 12' piece of 2.5" AL. tubing at the local scrap yard for 20.00 Get a micrometer, and hit the scrap places. Carl

 

the correct address is http://www.stainlessworks.net

 

http://www.onlinemetals.com/

Pick a thickness and Diameter

OR
http://www.burnsstainless.com/Alumin...minumtube.html

 

Very good links, thanks Spin.

 

i believe the prices listed are old. i just bought 2 aluminum bends (3.5" diameter) to my lengths for $40 each.

 

Stainless works is way cheaper than Burns, the other guy does not have bends that I saw. I will be ordering the grab bag of 10-2.5" bends for 130.00. That is 304 stainless, we will see what I get, I can always fill in with a full priced bend if I come up short. Carl

 

You should be able to get aluminum bends for much less than stainless since SS costs more and is harder to work. It is heavier but it will hold a nicer polish.
Do they have grab bags of aluminum bends or just the SS?