RJT
Titanium
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- Aug 24, 2006
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- greensboro,northcarolina
Low quantity needed for military, so need certs and can't change alloy. No luck with McMaster, MSC, Alro, Online. Does this exist? .010 thick is the thinnest I could find.
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.005 thick 6061 T-6 sheet source
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Mike1974
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2014
- Location
- Tampa area
Interesting. Amazon sells some hobby "aluminum sheet", but I can't find it either from a metals house that could supply certs...
Found this Quality Aluminum Sheet Supplier | Thin Metal Sales but 6061t6 starts at .011" thick.
Found this Quality Aluminum Sheet Supplier | Thin Metal Sales but 6061t6 starts at .011" thick.
Joe Gwinn
Stainless
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- Nov 22, 2009
- Location
- Boston, MA area
Matt_Maguire
Stainless
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2011
- Location
- West-Central Illinois, USA
Anything thinner than .006" is considered foil & from there to .249" it would be sheet. I don't think anyone supplied 6061 in foil. IIRC ally foil only came from 1145 or 1235. I'd check back with the customer.
Good luck,
Matt
Good luck,
Matt
Bobw
Diamond
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- Feb 8, 2005
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- Hatch, NM Chile capital of the WORLD
I've screwed myself like that before, and I'll probably do it again.
I hope this is for a quote and not an actual PO.
If you have the PO, dig dig dig. Sometimes you can find alternate materials in
the solicitation. Then dig dig dig into the specs you have to work with, sometimes
you can find a little nugget there that will allow a substitution.
If I had a dollar for every time I've had to do stupid stuff to meet the spec,
I could retire. Square parts out of round bar, round parts out of sawn plate.
There have been quite a few jobs that I spent more time lining up specs than I
did actually making the parts.
$50 says if you find your tinfoil, the certs won't have the correct spec on them.
I hope this is for a quote and not an actual PO.
If you have the PO, dig dig dig. Sometimes you can find alternate materials in
the solicitation. Then dig dig dig into the specs you have to work with, sometimes
you can find a little nugget there that will allow a substitution.
If I had a dollar for every time I've had to do stupid stuff to meet the spec,
I could retire. Square parts out of round bar, round parts out of sawn plate.
There have been quite a few jobs that I spent more time lining up specs than I
did actually making the parts.
$50 says if you find your tinfoil, the certs won't have the correct spec on them.
Milland
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Sometimes you have to take existing stock and get it re-rolled, or another alternative is getting the .010" stock chemically milled to thickness.
Makes it much more expensive, but hey, if the customer (us) is paying for it...
chemical milling companies - Google Search
Makes it much more expensive, but hey, if the customer (us) is paying for it...
chemical milling companies - Google Search
blcksmth
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2006
- Location
- Bowling Green, Ohio
Check with suppliers of of aluminum for home built aircraft. Aircraft Spruce has a variety of products and I am sure there are others. Zenith Aircraft, Belite are 2 that I know make metal aircraft. They may be able to direct you to a supplier.
Bob
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Bob
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Thunderjet
Stainless
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2019
This place is just down the street from our shop. Super nice folks, and very helpful.
They don't have sheet that thin listed, but they may know how to get it.
And they do deal with certs every day. We've used them often.
Aircraft and Vintage camper building supplies - Aluminum Sheet 2024T3 6061T6 3003H14
They don't have sheet that thin listed, but they may know how to get it.
And they do deal with certs every day. We've used them often.
Aircraft and Vintage camper building supplies - Aluminum Sheet 2024T3 6061T6 3003H14
