Hello.
I am starting a very small, one-man garage shop with a Haas TL-2 lathe (new) and Haas TM-1P (2010 - purchased from an add on this site). I just purchased a LOT (as in a large amount) of 7075 T7651 Aluminum Bars - 11' x 6" diameter. 8 each totaling 1,700 pounds. I was in the aerospace/defense industry for many years and used 7070/7050 and of course 6061 material daily. I tried to get some idea of what to bid on this material would be on the open market, but never received any quotes back before the auction ended.
My winning bid was $3,160 and have a shipping quote for $700. Yeah, obviously not going to chuck that up in my TL-2, but thought the price was worth the risk. I'll have enough aluminum to last at least through my learning stages
Any thoughts on whether this was a "good deal" or not? I was going to just get a hundred pounds or so to play around with initially, but this came up at the last minute and I had to make a pretty snap decision without doing a whole lot of due diligence. And for me, that was a sizable risk...
Thanks for sharing any thoughts!
Matt
I am starting a very small, one-man garage shop with a Haas TL-2 lathe (new) and Haas TM-1P (2010 - purchased from an add on this site). I just purchased a LOT (as in a large amount) of 7075 T7651 Aluminum Bars - 11' x 6" diameter. 8 each totaling 1,700 pounds. I was in the aerospace/defense industry for many years and used 7070/7050 and of course 6061 material daily. I tried to get some idea of what to bid on this material would be on the open market, but never received any quotes back before the auction ended.
My winning bid was $3,160 and have a shipping quote for $700. Yeah, obviously not going to chuck that up in my TL-2, but thought the price was worth the risk. I'll have enough aluminum to last at least through my learning stages
Any thoughts on whether this was a "good deal" or not? I was going to just get a hundred pounds or so to play around with initially, but this came up at the last minute and I had to make a pretty snap decision without doing a whole lot of due diligence. And for me, that was a sizable risk...
Thanks for sharing any thoughts!
Matt