still can't get the price of 35mm aluminium tube though
guess i'll just have to go to the shop on thursday then
confused by this, i've always made fun of americans for 'aluminum', but i've just gone on metal supermarkets.co.uk, which then
routes to .com, and offers discounts on orders over $100
however, it has 2 sections, for aluminium and aluminum, with different options beyond that.
aluminum only has an option of rolled shim stock, aluminium has loads of profile options and grades
have i been missing something all these years?!
no, its just the Yanks overcomplicating everything again!
They need to learn to speak proper english like what us do.
weird, i thought it was just the yanks bastardising the queens english too but they seem to see a difference between the 2?
hope i'm wrong and that its the same as nuclear and nucular (as said by G dubya bush)
good, thought i was going mental.
still can't get the price of 35mm aluminium tube though guess i'll just have to go to the shop on thursday then
I suspect the simple answer is their database doesn't know they are the same thing.
If you are buying full sheets and lengths it's worth talking to a non-ferrous specialist stockholder.
I've used http://www.aalco.co.uk/ and they were happy to deal with the public for single standard sized sheets. They were a lot cheaper than
metalsupermarkets at the time.
i'd have thought that being american, the database would be full for aluminum, and aluminium would be empty if that was the case. weird.
I'm only after 1m or so, for a couple of cooling pipe joiners.
could do them out of steel i guess... antifreeze with its rust inhibitors and spme paint for the outside would do the same job, and be easier to weld
for making t-pieces... hmmm...
[Edited on 6/4/10 by blakep82]
Could 32mm aluminium be made to work?
linky
or 38mm
linky
Also a decent plumbers mechant will sell 35mm copper tube. Plumbcenter stock it for example. Can then use standard T fittings which takes the
aggravation out of making leak free T's.
Not cheap with the current price of copper, but very easy to work with.
then connection on the engine is 34mm (which is annoying lol) don't think:
35mm hose will compress down enough for 32mm tube
32mm hose will stretch enough for 34mm on the engine
35mm hose will strech to 38mm tube
and i think there was another combination.
good idea though! however, a half meter would be more than enough anyway. could do it with 300mm i think. plus going to see my mate in glasgow on
thurs, he lives about a mile or so from metal supermarket, so could drop in then
You need a lathe !
atb
Mike
lol you're probably right! no where to put it though, and no money for one
For my plumbing I used steam pipe and gas pipe, the steam pipe was reduced by inserting the gas inside the steam and welding(32mm od).
Darren
The metal was known under several names at first
Aluium
Alumium
Aluminum
Aluminium
The international body that governs chemical names decided on Aluminium and America, for a while, conformed. Then the American aluminium industry
decided they didn't need forieners telling them what to do so unilaterally changed to Aluminum.
Metal Supermarkets.com is a Canadian company. The British franchise has nothing to do with the website. The buy their stock locally so can't
get some of the things on the web but can get other stuff.
Calling it aluminium or aluminum is a bit like calling steel "iron" or calling brass "copper".
Correct term in the UK is Aluminium alloy or light alloy .
Very important to know which aluminum alloy you want.
How about Merlin Motorsport
I just call it ally, so I don't come across like a posing tosser who's trying to take over your culture. If that happened, it would be the biggest thing since Lord Beaverbrook!
Might be worth giving Richard Austin Alloys a ring? They're based in Glasgow, but I'm not sure if they do small lengths.
PS re: your thread yesterday, I have a B&Q Oyster plumbing tool modified for beading tubes which you are welcome to borrow.
quote:
Originally posted by smart51
The metal was known under several names at first
Aluium
Alumium
Aluminum
Aluminium
The international body that governs chemical names decided on Aluminium and America, for a while, conformed. Then the American aluminium industry decided they didn't need forieners telling them what to do so unilaterally changed to Aluminum.
quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
Interesting take on it. The discoverer (can't remember his name!) settled on calling it aluminum as he derived it from a material called "alumina".