Found Source: 3/8" 7075 Hex

[R.C.]

Hi CD,

Our team, FRC 1323, has been looking for 7075 3/8" Hex for a while and so has a few others:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...highlight=7075

I know a few other teams in the area have been as well. Over the past 1-2 years we've had to use "oversized" 2011/2024/6061 for our applications. Most have failed or not been worth the hassle. We recently switched over to 12L14 Steel, while its pretty strong and cheap to buy. It does weight 3x as much as aluminum. So why not use 1/2" Hex?

So for the past year or so, I along with other mentors have called up at least over 50+ vendors that could possibly resale 7075 3/8" Hex. All have said either no we don't carry it or no we don't have it anymore. The latest supplier said there wasn't enough demand for them to carry it and it has slowly died out.

I found a local place that I go through that talked to their Aluminum Mill and was willing to do one large run for me. I was curious before I spent the time/money into buying it (3500FT), are there teams interested in buying it.

I'm not trying to spam CD, more or less I'd like to make this type of aluminum Hex way more readily available for FRC teams. As we have been looking for a while now. Its also a 3 month lead time item, so I'd like to have it well before the FRC Season.

Either post or PM or email if you'd be interested. It'll be sale via WCP and maybe AM if I can convince Andy.

Thanks,

-RC