Looking for Aluminum

[Canadian Man]

Originally Posted by Samw

Cool. Thanks for the tip. I just looked up Metal Supermarket and they have a website and they cut to size and deliver in BC.

Now, if I can only find out what "ALUMINUM SHEET 6061 - T6" and "ALUMINUM SHEET MILL FINISH - NON HEAT TREATABLE " are and whether or not either of them are decorative (for backsplash) or usable for reflectors (inside canopy).

I'll also check out Home Depot.

6061-t6 is heat treated alumimum. that's what the t6 stands for. Auminum sheet with a mill finish probably will have a rough finish to it. not heat treatable would be 7000 series aluminum.... I would not suggest bending this material too much as it will crack if bent maybe more than a 45deg angle and then moved too much.

If I were you I would pick the 2nd material because it's going to be cheeper, probably. it will be more brital(spelling?) than the 6061 aluminum though. I know this useless knowledge because I am in the bicycle industry and fabricators now adays are experimenting so much with diffrent additives to aluminum that it's hard to keep up sometimes.

cheers