Steel - amount to order
 

Righty ho, boys (and girls? if we have any)

Bit of a slow morning at work, but I haven't got the book with me. I'm sure this was on the forum pre-hack, but;

How much steel do I need to order? Just for the actual chassis.

I think it is something like 42m of 25x25x1.5 ERW BOX

Also;

19x1.6 ERW round
19x19x1.5 ERW BOX
Aluminium sheets
Chequer plate (2mm) for the floor

How much did others order, and was it enough?

They will be full 6m lengths.

I already have;

Chassis plates
Roll bar (thanks AshG)
Wishbones
Rear uprights
Diff plates

Cheers

Sean

PS - I will be overordering as I want to build up a little bit of stock for some other little projects

thats about right for the 25mm box erw, i ordered 4 lengths of the 19mm box but still have one left ,
not sure on the round tube as i used a Triton rear tub so didn,t need the tube.
as for ali sheets, depends if you are making your own side panels,bonnet & rear tub? but for the floor & cockpit panels i ordered 2 x 8ftx4ft sheets.

cheers
andy:)

Cheers Andy

My bodywork is going to be a bit of a mix, and I have a little bit of an idea that I might try.

I'll get a couple of lengths of 19mm tube, I'm sure I can find a use for anything that's left over. I may not even need it yet:rolleyes: all depends what I do for the back end

Cheers

Sean

Sorted

25x25x1.5 ERW BOX - 10 lengths
20x20x1.5 ERW BOX - 3 lengths
19x1.5 ERW Tube - 3 lengths
1" Gas Water Pipe (33.4 OD) - 1 length (rear stays for roll bar)
40x40x5 EA - 2 lengths
25x3 Flat - 3 lengths
3 sheets aluminium (2.5x1.25m)
1 sheet 5 bar chequerplate, 2mm (2.5x1.25m)

£301 including the delivery and VAT.

There are a few bits there for other projects, hence over-ordering

Delivery is on Friday:D

Sean

Sean

Where did you order from? Trying to find some chequer plate, and you're quite near me.

Cheers

Adrian

I got the whole lot from ParkerSteel (Canterbury, Kent). Basically, I am busy at work and have an aversion to ringing round for quotes, then not getting calls back etc.

As I could order everything with Parkers online, and specify a delivery date (Friday, recovering from a wedding Thursday:rolleyes: ) I did.

Delivery was £25, and that includes having all the sheets put onto a pallet.

The price for the sheet was 51.72 + VAT.

Parkers can be funny about you collecting stuff though, probably with good reason, but it does smack of being a bit 'nannyish'.
http://www.parkersteel.co.uk/doc/Cus...Guidelines.pdf

Hope that Helps

Sean

Cheers Sean

Yeah, I use Parkers aswell, just couldn't find the chequer plate! They are a pain with their collection, but now my brother in law has a transit, not such a problem!

Cheers

Adrian

Go to Aluminium> flat products> 5 bar tread plate

Product code for the sheet I ordered is 42-01-25

Hope that helps

Sean

Weight
 

Sean

Does it say on your delivery note at all the total weight of the order?

Thanks

Andrew

Yeah, it was 0.21 tons (210kg) total.

The pallet was 40kg. It had;

2No. 2.5x1.25m 0.6mm aluminium sheet
1No. 2.5x1.25m 1.2mm aluminium sheet
1No. 2.5x1.25m 2mm 5 bar aluminium treadplate

The loose stuff was 170kg. I overordered on everything, as I have some other stuff to do with it, but it had;

2 lengths 40x40x5 Equal Angle
10 lengths 25x25x1.5 Sq. ERW
3 lengths 20x20x1.5 Sq. ERW
3 lengths 19x1.5 Round ERW
1 length 1" heavy gas pipe
3 lengths 25x3 flat

All lengths just over 6m

Hope that helps, and welcome to the forum

Sean