RE: [baidarka] Aluminum stringer material for sale


Subject: RE: [baidarka] Aluminum stringer material for sale
From: Tom Yost (tom_yost@msn.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2007 - 17:22:24 EDT


> > I got in touch with an aluminum distributor and they had the foundry run
>500 pounds
> > through a 1x1/2 inch extrusion die for me.

Charles,

Did he only want enough to build a couple of boats ? No need to have
500lbs extruded. Doh !

Texas Towers sells 6063-T832 ( Drawn / .058wall) for about $1.00 ft in 1/8"
increments from 3/8"
to well over an inch. They require a whopping $20.00 minimum order . They
are listed in
the "contacts page" of the "Folding Kayak Builders Manual".

http://www.yostwerks.com

George Dyson at "Dyson, Baidarka, and Company" sells whatever amount you
want ( no minimum)
for about the same price. He used to sell 6061-T6 but I think he now
carries another grade.

Tom

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