Steel plate custom-cut on Ebay for $0.63/lb

[davesisk]

Check this out...just in case anyone was looking for steel plate in any complex shape. Apparently they use CNC plasma cutting...best guess anyway. Not sure if this is a good price or not...first impression is "yes!".

Steel plate custom-cut on Ebay

Enjoy,
Dave

 

[Gravy]

Interesting... I may have to make time to design those grapple jaws...

Dave

 

[JimMorrissey]

Nice find Dave! I'm thinking about making a quick-attach ripper for my bachoe. This plate would be perfect and the cuts and holes necessary for such a project would be hard to duplicate for that price.

This would also be great for the thumb I was thinking about for my backhoe......excellent.

 

[PineRidge]

Oh-boy I can hear the wheels in my head turning now......... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Mike_C]

I just placed an order for a 1/4" steel plate top for the welding table I'm planning to build. got a quick response from the seller, he said my order would ship by Tuesday. I'll let you know how the process goes if anyone is interested.

 

[have_blue]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Oh-boy I can hear the wheels in my head turning now......... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

That's funny, I can't hear a thing. There's too much noise from all the wheels turning in my head.

I presume they take DWG and DXF files, and I assume they will be some real busy fellows!

 

[JerryG]

I don't know what the freight would be, but I would think that it would eat up any savings over a local fab shop. With a member ordering, we will able to find out shortly.

 

[Mike_C]

It ended up being a lower cost than my local scrap dealer. The local dealer is charging $2 per Lb. I ordered a 1/4" plate that is 24" x 36" which calculates to roughly 61 Lbs. Locally that would be $122. From this guy on e-bay, he charged me $45 for the piece plus another $36 shipping from Oklahoma to Ohio, for a total of roughly $81. In addition, he's going to round off the corners for me so there are no sharp points. Hopefully I'll have a good report next week... Oh, and I found a nice weight calculator on the web if anyone wants to estimate the weight of a piece of steel on this web page

 

[bobodu]

Mike...!!!
How far are you from Fort Wayne??
I get sheet and plate ( and round,hex,tube etc.) for 30 cents a pound...

 

[MadReferee]

At $2 per lb that dealer must have seen a city slicker walking in the door and figured he could take him for a ride. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Around here anything over $0.50 per lb would be considered very high. I can get new, not scrap, sheet plates cut to my specified length/width and delivered for less than $0.50 per lb.