100 x 40 rectangle steel section?

JoeySully

Howdy folks.

Anyone know where i could get some steel rectangle section 100x40mm? 2mm or 3mm thick. Just need about 800mm length if it. Is this a size stocked by many steel suppliers? I have looked online but can only find a place in Germany that stocks it.
Thanks

mickdw

80 x 40 or 100 x 50 would be the commonly stocked sizes I believe.
Does it have to be 100 x 40 exactly?

JoeySully

mickdw wrote: »

80 x 40 or 100 x 50 would be the commonly stocked sizes I believe.
Does it have to be 100 x 40 exactly?

Im tring to remake a part thats 90x40 so i want to cut down the 100 and weld in some support at the cut side, 90x40 does not exist at all. The component im trying to remake is bent out of sheet metal. I want to avoid the bending.

80x40 will work too but if i can get 100x40 then that would be ideal.

mickdw

Buy twice the length you need of 80 x 40.
Cut to suit and weld up into 90 x 40 section.

JoeySully

mickdw wrote: »

Buy twice the length you need of 80 x 40.
Cut to suit and weld up into 90 x 40 section.

That would work except one end is 90mm wide and the other is 45 mm

mickdw

Is it 40mm on the other side all the way?
I still don't see why you couldn't cut it down to that shape in the way I describe.

JoeySully

mickdw wrote: »

Is it 40mm on the other side all the way?
I still don't see why you couldn't cut it down to that shape in the way I describe.

I get what you mean now. Yeah that could work. Thanks i will give it a go.

mawk

if the old part is sheet metal, any reason you're going to 3mm?