Question....Why must you have cold rolled? If you use MIG with gas it shouldn't be messy with the hot rolled. Hot rolled is much easier to find. Hot rolled just makes more spatter when welding vs cold rolled.
__________________ Mike
2001 Excursion 4x4 7.3L, 4" downpipe, 5" FTE resonator, 5" in/out Walker BTM, Zoodad mod, HPx, V code front, 203 thermostat w/aluminum billet housing, AIH delete, F350 rear sway bar, Ford severe duty AIS, Derale deep tranny pan, drilled/slotted rotors, foil delete
Fair enough. How will you weld it in then? Welding 16 and 18 gauge with a stick welder requires quite a bit of skill since the material is so thin. Just trying to get a feel for the whole issue...
__________________ Mike
2001 Excursion 4x4 7.3L, 4" downpipe, 5" FTE resonator, 5" in/out Walker BTM, Zoodad mod, HPx, V code front, 203 thermostat w/aluminum billet housing, AIH delete, F350 rear sway bar, Ford severe duty AIS, Derale deep tranny pan, drilled/slotted rotors, foil delete
Got the quote from Nac and it was 116. can't do that for one sheet of sheet metal
ouch!
that's 65% higher than the Dallas quote! I wonder if it's Chinese -vs- American or just markup? Or maybe that's delivered?
I didn't realize you were still considering new, though. I brought up the HVAC places because I thought you might luck into picking up a few odd scrap pieces here and there out of their salvage/waste dumpsters for little to no buck.
Have you tried any industrial/commercial-scale HVAC places around Marshall?
Also, some of your big construction companies - (the kind that would build things like high schools, retail stores, office buildings, jails . . ) - they will know local sheet metal sub-contractors you might reach out to and make a connection for some scrap.
__________________ JT
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