Due to this whole covid shut down all the metal suppliers are closed when I get off work and no longer open on weekends. Anyone have experience ordering from an online supplier? Any recommendations?
i looked into it before but back then, the shipping cost would kill any deal i could find
of course, nowadays, shipping times on EVERYTHING have doubled
Do you have any scrap yards around. Ours let’s you in after 3:30 on certain days. If you don’t find what you need, ask the yard man to hold back what you need. If he does, toss him a few bucks.
The local machine shop will order metals for you. Most of the standard stuff they probably already have i tried the online thing and everything was so expensive to ship i found some really good deals on the metal then it would cost hundreds to ship.
Well, I lucked out and finally found a place local to get steel for my projects. They're prices are fair and they're open when I need them to be.
I did a lot of searching online for steel. Every place I found had great prices, but the shipping always killed the deal. Also found a lot of complaints about damaged material during shipping.