source for tin strapping material?

[Duct Tape Man]

I have to build some vintage-looking crates for a customer, must be pretty close to original style. The crates I am looking at re-doing are 3/4" thick pine boards, with what looks like a soft metal strapping around it in a couple spots to reinforce it. Doesn't look like lead, a little harder than that, but close. I'm guessing tin. I can't find anywhere online that sells tin strapping like this, it's about 3/4" diameter, almost like the steel strapping that's used for shipping stuff strapped down to pallets, but steel would be too hard to work with and nail into the crate. A softer metal would be better.

Anyone able to help point me in the right direction?

 

[GCncsuHD]

3/4" diameter strapping? Do you mean 3/4" wide?

You could look into galvanized steel sheet metal hanging strap, it's like 26 gauge or so and nails go through it pretty easily. I don't know about 3/4", what we usually use is about 1-1.5" wide.

 

[JamieK]

May have to cut your own. Lowes sells thin galvanized metal sheets used for HVAC ductwork and chimney repair. (Usually in the section where the HVAC furnace filters are) This and a pair of snips sould get you what you need.

 

[Duct Tape Man]

3/4" diameter strapping? Do you mean 3/4" wide?

Yes, I meant wide. Sorry.

 

[readhead]

Go to a sheet metal shop. If they have the material you want they can shear it to any size.

 

[Bill Bowman]

Plumbers tape? 3/4" wide on a roll with holes. Pretty soft metal and easy to form. Bill

 

[TommyK]

Lumber banding?

 

[lilredex]

Look around light industrial areas....it is all over the place. Punch a nail hole with a concrete nail and stretch strapping into place with fencing/big end nipper pliers.

 

[rburke65]

Oh ya....the metal banding would be a real inexpensive answer for you! Great idea! And I just saw at my local H. Depot, they were selling bare wooden crates....like the old time orange crates.....they didn't look too bad for ...$8... I think they were.

 

[rcico2001]

I have to build some vintage-looking crates for a customer, must be pretty close to original style. The crates I am looking at re-doing are 3/4" thick pine boards, with what looks like a soft metal strapping around it in a couple spots to reinforce it. Doesn't look like lead, a little harder than that, but close. I'm guessing tin. I can't find anywhere online that sells tin strapping like this, it's about 3/4" diameter, almost like the steel strapping that's used for shipping stuff strapped down to pallets, but steel would be too hard to work with and nail into the crate. A softer metal would be better.

Anyone able to help point me in the right direction?

Hi Troy my name Romano from RCI Starlite in bridgeport Connecticut. I used to be in the soda bottling business from the 1980s-1997 and I was too looking for this type of steel strapping for soda Crates. I had a roll made back in 1995 and i still have it. i bought it along with another soda bottler that did refillable soda bottles. This is made out of 5/8" wide .020 galvanized steel that can be belt cut and put holes through. they are folded on the sides and have have been put through a die. these were all made on philadelphia roller die machines. Signde was one of the manufactures of this years ago and made it up till 1995. Back in 1995 when I was looking for othere to make it they told me that they needed 50 rolls of it to make it worth the companies time to make it. they were down in North carolina at the time and are long gone now. the roll i have is around 22" diameter and is possibly a few thousand feet and weights around 150 lbs. If interested i may consider selling it. this is the last product we made which was Coney island Root Beer which we still own but havent made the wooden boxes for over 20 years

 

[Gogo300]

This is an 8 year old thread. Hope duct tape man wasn’t holding his breath for a solution.

 

[Renegade1LI]

Lol!