box section needed

[mikiep1986]

 im after some hollow rectangular section ive tryed everywhere all i can find on ebay is stainless steel which i dnt want .

 i need it to weld on as passenger sill as ive cut the whole thing off my disco ? ive managed to get a piece to do the drivers side but now im stuck and cant finish the passanger side .

 well im after ideally :  90mm x 50mm x 4mm wall and about 2mtrs long ?

 but if i cant get that size   :  100mm x 50mm x 3-4 mm wall should be just as good ?

 does anyone have any ideas


 cheers mike

[Disco_Stu]

Best looking at your local suppliers to be honest. Try a google search along the lines of "steel suppliers wigan" or have a look in the yellow pages or thompson. Thats how I get mine.

Stu.

[mikiep1986]

 yea ive tryed all that the cheapest ive seen so far is 7 mtr length for £80 delivered cant really pay that much ? local scrappers aint got nothing ?

[clbarclay]

Do you have a metal supermarkets near you?
http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/MSC-storefinder.aspx?Region=UK&Map=UK

The not the cheapest, but will sell you the exact length you ask for rather than dealing in only whole lengths.
IIRC it cost £36 for 2x 1.4m lengths from them 2 years ago.

90x50 is an odd size. 100x50 is much more common size.

I used 100x50x3 to replace the sills on my RRC, which was an ideal height, but the origional sill was more like 60mm wide. I chopped out all of the rotten sill and replaced the body mounting brackets, rather than welding box into what was left of the origional sill. The one thing I would do differently though would be to weld some tree sliders onto the box section before welding it to the vehicle.

[karlo]

Or http://www.metalsdirectuk.com/ and http://www.metals4u.co.uk/products.asp?Cat_ID=56

[Disco-andy]

I have used these in the past and had no problems not sure on what sizes though

Fred R Powell & Son Ltd
Avonside Road
Bristol
Avon BS2 0TS
   

Telephone:
   

0117 9717971 Magnify telephone number

Fax:
   

0117 9719864

[mikiep1986]

 cheers guys shall have a try of these tommorow and hopefully can get my truck finished

[hairyasswelder]

cheers guys shall have a try of these tommorow and hopefully can get my truck finished

Where are you ?

I can get most sizes and sometimes offcuts  ;)

£80 is taking the ------  ;)

Steve

[mikiep1986]

im in bristol ? and what sort of sizes can you get ?

 cheers mike

[mikiep1986]

Do you have a metal supermarkets near you?
http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/MSC-storefinder.aspx?Region=UK&Map=UK



. The one thing I would do differently though would be to weld some tree sliders onto the box section before welding it to the vehicle.

 na aint got any metal supermarkets near me . . and was thinking of doing tree sliders but didnt want them in the end .

[hairyasswelder]

im in bristol ? and what sort of sizes can you get ?

 cheers mike

Bristol is a bit far  :(

Use steelstocks regular through work ,

90x50 is not a standard size  ;) 100x50x3/4  is prob closest standard

Steve

[Jimbo]

Try looking for a local fabricators place, somewhere that makes things out of steel - we've got a really friendly place (no where near you unfortunately  :(), and they'll sell you the offcuts from long lengths..........normally for a 'drink'.

I got a 2m long length of 3"x4" section for a tenner...........the bloke actually cut it for me off a huge long lump !

[mikiep1986]

im in bristol ? and what sort of sizes can you get ?

 cheers mike

Bristol is a bit far  :(

Use steelstocks regular through work ,

90x50 is not a standard size  ;) 100x50x3/4  is prob closest standard

Steve

 awwwwww shame but thanxs anyway dude


 and jimbo thanx for that didnt know fabrication places sell bits etc ? shall ava lil look 2morow

 cheers mike

[hairyasswelder]

im in bristol ? and what sort of sizes can you get ?

 cheers mike

Bristol is a bit far  :(

Use steelstocks regular through work ,

90x50 is not a standard size  ;) 100x50x3/4  is prob closest standard

Steve

 awwwwww shame but thanxs anyway dude


 and jimbo thanx for that didnt know fabrication places sell bits etc ? shall ava lil look 2morow

 cheers mike

Of course we sell off cuts....... keeps us in Tea  ;) ;)

[mikiep1986]

 ahhhhh see i knew there was a reason for it  . . . . .