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Where to buy cheap metal for rails?

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J-Dunn
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Im looking for steel for an 8 foot long 4 inch wide flat bar that i have buiilt out of wood that needs a rail on top. Does anyone know where to get real cheap steel online?
Jan 20 2011 3:17PM
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JacksonIsCool
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bump
Jan 20 2011 3:18PM
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J-Dunn
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Thanks
Jan 20 2011 3:20PM
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tbayskier
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some scrap yards will have old piping lying around.  online idk.  just thinking about shipping.....haha
Jan 20 2011 3:27PM
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MEGAZORD
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4" wide flat bar? Thats really not going to be cheap anywhere, unless you steal it.
Jan 20 2011 3:28PM
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FLBP
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yeah i'd say go local so you don't have to pay for shipping, metal recycling and scrap yards would have exactly what you need
Jan 20 2011 3:28PM
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J-Dunn
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tHANKS. pLUS K

Ill post pics when its done

Jan 20 2011 3:30PM
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monkatizer
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8 feet?!?! u'll be on and off in a sec, make it 20
Jan 20 2011 3:31PM
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Dr.D-Sag
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get like a thin layer of some scrap metal to put on top of the already constucted frame, and if its gonna be 8 feet you might as well just buy like some angle iron and put it on both sides
Jan 20 2011 3:39PM
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leahey
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PVC is most practical
Jan 20 2011 3:43PM
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J-Dunn
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Are you posative that angle iron slides?
Jan 20 2011 3:47PM
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MEGAZORD
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Its bad.
Jan 20 2011 3:47PM
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DUKES
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I you have a lowes or tractor supply near you buy a glavonized gate its already bend and you can cut to the top off so you can have 2 rails using the top and bottom, all you mainly need is to mound them to supports and yer set, the come in various lengths, i think 8, 10, 12, 16
Jan 20 2011 4:47PM
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kyle.m
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i know my friend was saying home depot had some long steel pipes for like 20$.
Jan 20 2011 4:52PM
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