Source of 2" square steel beams

All,

Does anyone have a source (store / part #) of the 2" square steel beams (painted red) used in the rudder workshop and seen in factory photos?

I've checked Home Depot, Lowes, and a Tractor Supply company when I've been in the neighborhood and none have them, but I'm also not sure how to describe what I'm looking for.  The closest I found were some 1" square fence posts, but TSC didn't have them in 2".

I know 2x4s are an option, but it's difficult to find them perfectly straight and get them to stay perfectly straight with life in a garage.

Thanks,

Joel

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Permalink Reply by Paul Sanders on September 26, 2012 at 9:14pm
I bought mine from this place http://www.metalsdepot.com/ I bought 4 4ft beams for $70 shipped. Probably could have found a steel shop to do it cheaper but it was easy and exactly what I wanted.
Permalink Reply by Joel Studtmann on September 26, 2012 at 9:21pm

That's great, thanks!  "Easy and exactly what I wanted" are... well, exactly what I wanted.

It also gives me something intelligent to ask for: 2" square steel tube.

Thanks again!

Joel

Permalink Reply by Paul Sanders on September 26, 2012 at 9:25pm
That site is amazing, I had no idea there were so many ways to make tubes! Different shapes, thicknesses, colors.....

Good luck.
Permalink Reply by Fred Stratman on September 26, 2012 at 9:22pm

Check with a welding and fabrication shop.  They use a lot of it. I see you live in a Chicago suburb so you may need to travel a few miles west to a farming community.

Permalink Reply by Dave Gardea on September 27, 2012 at 7:04am

Joel,

I've got half a dozen nicely painted 2" inch square steel beams in my hangar (located at Shelbyville Municipal Airport-GEZ) and would like to get rid of them. I had thought about keeping them for my next project but my better half says "over her dead body" regarding the latter :-). I'd be willing to give these away to another builder if anyone is interested in driving to the Indianapolis area to pick them up.

Regards,

Dave

Permalink Reply by Mark Maltais on September 28, 2012 at 5:21pm

I used vinyl downspouts for rain gutters...it worked great and they are lightweight, ding proof and square!!

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