2024T0, any ideas on UK suppliers?

Have you tried All Metal Services in Birmingham, I have been having Ali off them for many years and they have always been able to fix me up , they seem to have it in ‘O’ state as well as T3.

I assume you are wanting it in ‘O’ as it forms easier, dont forget it needs heat treatment to put it up to T3 for aircraft use. I have found it always warps doing this and takes a lot of work getting it straight. Far better if you have access to a heat treatment kiln is to use it in T3 whch is then softened to ‘O’ for you to form which then goes back to T3 over a few hours or after working it. Sometimes it has to go back in the kiln for a second go if it starts to harden up before you have finished shaping.

Hope this is of interest

Ken

How about trying aalco ? Aalco metals ltd, 25 high st, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3DH. 01932 576820. We use this supplier.

Steve.

Aircraft Materials UK will be able to get it for you; they found me some really obscure stuff!

Bruce

We use Wilsons in Huntingdon for sheet metal, might be worth giving them a try.

Failing that, Future Metals do have stock, although it may be in the USA. Only takes a few days to get it over here, though.

Alas not

Thanks Tony, had already tried the google approach – alas with no success. Not held in the thicknesses we need.

G

Quick google

http://www.aircraftmaterialsuk.com/data/aluminium/alalu.html

http://www.primemetals.co.uk/pmaluminiumlonglist.htm