What would be a cheaper alternative to stainless steel?

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kieronjoh

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I am an amateur, making a Desk/shelf combo for my DT GCSE
Currently I need:
4 X (800mm length x 50mm diameter x 1.5-2mm thickness) stainless steel tubing
This worked out to close to £350 (a bit much for a DT project!)
Any recommendations would be great!!!
I am looking for a shiny, mirrored finish on the design's legs, so the recommendation would have to carry this out
ANY help would be greatly appreciated hopefully not to expensive!
 
spray paint plastic tube. or maybe wrap some mirror vinyl around some tube.

welcome aboard!

adidat
 
I think you have the decimal point in the wrong place. Ebay shows 2m length for £30 (exhaust tubes).

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Hafele sell 5m lengths of 51mm dia polished stainless steel tubes for about £113 + vat a length = £145.60 in my book, I do not know how thick the wall is though.
 
Does it have to be 50 mm diameter legs ? If not what about 28 mm chrome plated copper pipe ? If it does have to be 50mm then phone a local plating company and check out the prices for having normal mild steel legs chrome plated, you might get a pleasant surprise at the cost.
 
I saw some chromed legs for supports under kitchen benches a few weeks ago in B&Q. Looked about 50 - 60mm around 800 os so and under a tenner each
+ 1 for Ikea as well. Worth a look in their casualty dept.

Bob
 

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