aluminum square stock locally?

[blackwagon]

Trying to get a good price on some aluminium square stock for my stand. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[toddmau5]

Alro metals

 

[snake1]

Pm crazyeyes he just used some aluminum for his light hanging brackets

 

[CrazyEyes]

Alro for sure. (727) 572-4344. They have two locations, the one in Tampa sells only a minimum of 20ft but the Pinellas Park sells smaller drops so you won't have to buy 20ft if you don't need that much. There is actually another place in Largo (right across from Largo high) called Aztec welding where I've gotten some things from. If you want, I can contact the guy who welded my stuff together. Maybe he can build you a stand.

 

[blackwagon]

I have a tig welder in my garage but I’m leaning towards using 80/20 t slot extrusions now. I'm setting up a 8x2 tank and I feel like it would be that much easier for me to upgrade to a 8x2.5 or 8x3 tank in the future using 80/20. I got a killer deal on the tank so blowing a little extra money on something I can disassemble and re-use on a wider tank sounds like a reasonable foresight to me since I switch tanks like people switch cheap powerheads.