Steel - amount to order

[londonsean69]

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

[HandyAndy]

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

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

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 all depends what I do for the back end

Cheers

Sean

[londonsean69]

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

Sean

[adrianreeve]

Sean

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

Cheers

Adrian

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by adrianreeve

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

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 ) 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

[adrianreeve]

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

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by adrianreeve

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

[wormscoffer]

Sean

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

Thanks

Andrew

[londonsean69]

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