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Thread: Availability of 50x50x2 angle
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29th Apr 2021, 09:56 PM #1China
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Availability of 50x50x2 angle
Question I wish to purchase some steel angle 50x50x2 three steel suppliers in SA have told me it does not exist, it used to because I have a piece, am I being led up the garden path or is this size discontinued.
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29th Apr 2021, 10:00 PM #2
Hi China,
You can buy it here in the UK, but its not 2 mm thick ! Its 3 mm.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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29th Apr 2021, 10:05 PM #3Most Valued Member
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I'd say it's a discontinued line, as I've not seen it in a LOOOOONG time. Are you after something with a square edge? if a radius is OK, you could get a sheet metal place to fold it.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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29th Apr 2021, 10:21 PM #4
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29th Apr 2021, 10:47 PM #5Mechanical Butcher
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Just in case somebody's thinking of welding Duragal, I will report my unhappy experience with that.
All nice and straight when bought, the 65x65 angle, 5mm thick piece got badly out of shape upon welding it.
I guess it's only made for attachment by bolts and nuts.
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29th Apr 2021, 10:50 PM #6Most Valued Member
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29th Apr 2021, 11:31 PM #7China
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MMM!! May have to do a rethink wish to build a frame for a small kiln 3 mm is just complete overkill don't really want it to way a ton.
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29th Apr 2021, 11:45 PM #8Most Valued Member
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If you're really set on it you could buy some 50x50x2* and cut it in two. When I've done that sort of thing it has comes out "pretty square".
*Square tube that is, even 1.6mm is listed if you likeLast edited by Stustoys; 29th Apr 2021 at 11:50 PM. Reason: "square tube that is"
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29th Apr 2021, 11:48 PM #9
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30th Apr 2021, 08:36 AM #10Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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About a year ago I found a couple of 1.8m lengths at our local Mitre 10 but it must have been old stock because when I went to buy some a few weeks back there was none left
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30th Apr 2021, 09:43 AM #11Most Valued Member
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2mm angle is an obsolete size in hot rolled, has been for about 30ish years. You can buy duragal in smaller material, but in 50mm the smallest material is 2.5mm
For those suggestions of buying 50x2 SHS and sectioning it, it can’t be done to dimension using 50mm, it will end up undersized. You need to move up a size to 60mm to be able to cut 50mm out of it.
Unless you specifically need a 2mm angle it will be way easier to design around using a 50x3.
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30th Apr 2021, 10:01 AM #12Senior Member
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Hey China can you get someone local to fold it for you? I'd just go to my local steel fab place and get it folded if I didn't need it longer than 2400.
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30th Apr 2021, 04:41 PM #13China
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Thanks for the replies, I think I will go the have someone fold it rout, in which case I will probably change the design.
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30th Apr 2021, 10:04 PM #15China
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No even at 2mm the frame will weigh more than the bricks.
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