Bending Stock

[knyaz]

I know that my local Home Depot sells Hot rooled steel and 60 D nails

Does anyone buy their bending stock online???

any good sites that would sell for cheap?

thanks

[makey98]

Come on buddy, I know that you are new but you gotta at least make an effort to look for information before you ask basic questions that have been answered 100 times. I am nice though, so I will save you some time......

www.fastenal.com ---- good for ordering cap screws (bolts)/drill rod and picking them up in person

www.mcmaster.com --cap screws, ect.

www.ironmind.com --the website known for grip products and also have bending stock (white, green, yellow, blue,red)

www.fatbastardbarbellco.com/BENDERSBAG.html -probably your best bet, get a bag of a whole bunch of different things to try out or just order individual pieces.

[knyaz]

Thanks a lot dude.... by the way we got the same goals

im also working on the

# 2.5

# 45

[maximus1]

Hot rooled steel whats that!

[AP]

You can go pretty far using home depot stock. They've got 1/4, 5/16, 3/8 aluminum, some of them have grade 5 bolts, 3/8 threaded bolts if I remember right are almost as hard on the kink as their 5/16, lots of big spikes to bend. If you're between steel you can work volume or buy a protractor and work prekinked stock trying to get a smaller kinked angle crushed down each week.

Only after you've hit their 5/16s stock do you really need to start buying most of your steel from fatbastard (aside from maybe a few grade 5s grade 8s here and there.)

[neilkaz]

I presume we have the same local HD on Rt 12 in Lake Zurich...Anyhow, I believe what they call 1/4" HRS is more like CRS. They also have 3/16" square but that is quite expensive. Just a small bit harder are 60D Hot Galvanized Timber Ties (don't get the shiny Chinese made easy ones) made by Grip Rite. Which is nicely inbetween 3/16" CRS and 1/4" CRS. These TT's are a cheap way to work on your form or build some strength if needed.

1/4" Aluminum is easier than 3/16" round and I wouldn't waste my money on it.

There are several Fastenals in the area. I am picking up 40 ft of 1/4" Round HRS today for the princely sum of $11.08. Other area benders like Metal's Supermarket (Elk Grove area) but they didn't have a good price for HRS.

The HRS (don't all laugh at once please) is to work on my pathetic kink since I cannot get 1/4' CRS to kink adequately yet. The HRS is trivially easy on crushdown, but that isn't my concern, and at least for the longer pieces I will try to finish the crush on two of them at once later on.

It is easy to find stuff for beginning benders around our parts at stores. .. neilkaz ..

[knyaz]

yeah thats the Home Depot I went to yesterday, thanks for the advice what to get

[neilkaz]

yeah thats the Home Depot I went to yesterday, thanks for the advice what to get

Great..lets us know how you do, and be careful at the start and don't try lots of max bends right away. In time, and especially as you progress into 5/16 and the certs you may want to get lots of stock from John Beatty's FBBC which is deserves and in becoming the standard for bending certs and supplies and John's stuff is very fairly priced considering he'll cut it exactly to what ever length you specify.

.. neilkaz ..