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dfigravity
04-13-2007, 05:27 PM
Check this (http://www.starcase.com/rack_pre_pack_kits_store.htm) site out...thought it might be useful !!!

:twisted:
Crimson Sky
04-13-2007, 06:15 PM
Yeah if you suddenly win the Lotto and have $400 for a 12 piece aluminum frame you can easily make for $30 with a hand drill ;)

I think they jack up the prices because they know its used by the industry.
dfigravity
04-13-2007, 06:26 PM
Yeah if you suddenly win the Lotto and have $400 for a 12 piece aluminum frame you can easily make for $30 with a hand drill ;)

I think they jack up the prices because they know its used by the industry.

ooooohhh....damn. I found that site real quick on my way out the door...didn't see the prices...yipes!
Airbozo
04-13-2007, 07:02 PM
That is pretty expensive for something you have to put together yourself.
Hope it comes with titanium bolts and corners...
dfigravity
04-13-2007, 07:34 PM
That is pretty expensive for something you have to put together yourself.
Hope it comes with titanium bolts and corners...

And a pizza. Preferrably Hawiian.

on a serious note...would Lowes or Home Depot sell aluminium?? Once I can convince my wife and get a little better at SketchUp, I really want to try my first REAL mod...
Zephik
04-13-2007, 07:43 PM
And a pizza. Preferrably Hawiian.


Sunofawitch. That sounds freaking delicious right now. I have no money to buy some.

I hate you.

lol
MaxOC
04-14-2007, 02:52 AM
yeah where can i buy steel/alumminum and have it bent and cut and stuff, got the bf2142 mod coming and my parents wont let me cut metal, "too dangerous" and plus i dont have the diamond coated cutting disks
DaJe
04-14-2007, 02:59 AM
You can cut sheet metal with emery discs.
Crimson Sky
04-14-2007, 09:12 AM
And a pizza. Preferrably Hawiian.

on a serious note...would Lowes or Home Depot sell aluminium?? Once I can convince my wife and get a little better at SketchUp, I really want to try my first REAL mod...


I get most of my aluminum stock from Lowes, they have a very decent selection. My Jujube home theater PC case was made from parts exclusively from Lowes ;) For hard to find stock, I love http://www.allmetalsinc.com/

You can buy one piece or a hundred, and they treat you very nicely. Prices are quite fair.
dfigravity
04-14-2007, 09:34 AM
I get most of my aluminum stock from Lowes, they have a very decent selection. My Jujube home theater PC case was made from parts exclusively from Lowes ;) For hard to find stock, I love http://www.allmetalsinc.com/

You can buy one piece or a hundred, and they treat you very nicely. Prices are quite fair.

Awesome...thanks for the heads up man! I have so many ideas running wild in my head...don't really have a good workspace, the military is about to move us...AGAIN..grr. Its tough to want to do so much and not really have the time. I swear I am going to build come he!! or high water.

EDIT: So many questions......(it sucks being a n00b) so I am looking at the wesite you just linked (invaluable btw) and I am curious if there is a "standard" size to go with...or at least what is too thin. I am going to be picking up a copy of your book very soon Crimson.