Cost of Steel

backyard brewer · Post by **backyard brewer** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:47 am

Yikes! I just got a quote for 2 20' sticks of 1.5" .065 wall SS square tubing.... $295 each

20' 1/8"X1.5"X1.5" SS angle was $95.

I think a mild steel structure will be just fine!

lars · Post by **lars** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:21 pm

Yeah, I went with mild steel on mine too. I paid just under $100 for 2 20' sticks of 2" square 1/8th wall tubing cut to my specs. I couldn't see spending nearly $600 for stainless.

backyard brewer · Post by **backyard brewer** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:13 pm

I'd pay like $300 or so. Mine stand is outside most of the time so SS really appeals to me. I guess I could make it all out of angle instead of box.

kevinham · Post by **kevinham** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:34 pm

Wow, we should probably raise our prices here at work. We sell some stainless steel tubes for soil samples, and our 1.5" x 6" tubes (.035 wall) is $1.50, so 20' would be $60. Too bad that is 40 pcs.