Yep -- depends on where you live -- I have dozens of places with all manor of metals - exotic and otherwise here in the Seattle area... Lots of time I get a deal on buying "scraps" oddball sizes - etc that work fine for what I'm doing... and then I just "stock" 3/4" square tube - 1" sq - some round tube - flat sheet in a few gauges - and various scrap billet aluminum to make stuff out of... I personally like to be able to just walk over to the rack and grab some stock - rather than trying to figure out what I want to build - then figuring the materials - then going to get it etc.
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