[vivek16]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Also look into shipping costs of both approaches...often the bulk piece will be oversize (or freight) shipping, while a small piece can be shipped UPS for under $10.

If you are fortunate enough to have a well stocked metal supplier in town, this isn't so much of an issue.

Ah, thanks for bringing that up, we have a metal supplier in town so we hardly ever pay for the shipping of metal.