perforated metal sheet

[Farmallgray]

I'm looking for some perforated metal sheet. I have seen some links on here to companies who sell small quantities of metals. I did find onlinemetals.com but I was thinking there were some other places as well. I thought I had saved the links but apparently not. Onlinemetals didn't have exactly what I was looking for.
I have also looked at McMaster-Carr.

 

[Boiler]

http://www.mcnichols.com/products/perforated/

 

[gte718p]

Home despot, lowes, and ave generally have diamond and circular perforated steel in small section. Generally it 24x24. It's ridiculously expensive for what it is. For me it's always been more cost effective to order a full sheet from a local steel yard.

When it's 24 dollars for a 2 square foot section or 50 dollars for a 32 square foot sheet it's a no brained.

 

[GarageEnvy]

If you have a local ornamental iron supply shop they'll probably have it. Around here it range from $35 for light gauge large hole 3'x7' sheets (common for screen door/security doors) to over $225 a sheet for 32sf 9 gauge.

 

[anodyne33]

If by chance expanded metal will work these guys seem to have decent prices though I haven't looked into shipping.

http://metalsforasteel.com/Catalog.aspx?Level1=01&Level2=13

 

[Ign]

If you find a place with GOOD prices post up. This stuff is so expensive. I shopped around once but never could find anything affordable compared to expanded steel. A 4x8 sheet of 1/2-13 expanded is about $56 here right now, full retail. I don't expect perforated to be that price but when it averages 4x the cost I try to talk my clients into expanded.

 

[Lotek]

This is one of those times where your location would be helpful... IMS has what you need but shipping could be a dealbreaker.

 

[Boiler]

If you find a place with GOOD prices post up. This stuff is so expensive. I shopped around once but never could find anything affordable compared to expanded steel. A 4x8 sheet of 1/2-13 expanded is about $56 here right now, full retail. I don't expect perforated to be that price but when it averages 4x the cost I try to talk my clients into expanded.

Typically expanded has 4x less metal. You pay by the pound with steel, plus special processing, plus middleman / retail markups.