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Oct 8, 2003 | 12:09 PM

F100DREAM

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Would this sheet metal work

I want know if using cut-up and unrolled coffee cans would be sufficient as scrap metal to do body work with. I was just sitting at work one day and noticed that we have something like 50 old coffee cans just sitting around and I was going to take them home and cut them up. Thanks for any responses, Doc.

Oct 8, 2003 | 02:09 PM

49f1fan

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hey, it seems to me that it would be kind of thin for metal work but thats just my opinion

Oct 8, 2003 | 04:24 PM

F100DREAM

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That's what I thought, I usually go pay $50 for a sheet of 20 gauge sheet metal, but I thought I would save myself some money. Thank a lot. Doc.

Oct 14, 2003 | 08:53 PM

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There's old computer cases; but maybe those are too thick. I'm going to use one for patching my floor as an experiment.

Oct 16, 2003 | 01:20 AM

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i have a friend who used the backings to old stoves..

looks great finished product

Oct 16, 2003 | 02:16 PM

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Old coffee cans are only good for storing nuts and bolts and mixing paint in.

Oct 25, 2003 | 07:52 AM

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HARDEWARE STORES HAVE SHEETMETAL PRETTY CHEAP.
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Oct 28, 2003 | 07:38 AM

grogant

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If you have a tractor supply store near you they carry various
gauges of sheetmetal and angle iron at a decent price. Also have
just about anything you could want for welding.

Tractor Supply is a national chain don't know if they have stores
everywhere just do a web search.

Tim

Oct 28, 2003 | 04:55 PM

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My dad has a sheetmetal shop for heating and air conditioning so i ghot a sheet of 18ga galvinzed to work with. you have to sand teh coating off the outside to weld and some of it burns off teh backside when you weld but its more resilient to rusting and it was cheaper.