Metal banding

[Bas]

Making good progress on repairing a blanket chest for a friend. The lid has some metal banding around the two front corners for protection. One of the bands is broken, i.e. does not go all the way around. It's just some thin metal, about 7/8" wide.

Any idea where I can find this? I thought about metal strapping (to hang pipes), but that comes pre-perforated.

 

[pop-pop]

Making good progress on repairing a blanket chest for a friend. The lid has some metal banding around the two front corners for protection. One of the bands is broken, i.e. does not go all the way around. It's just some thin metal, about 7/8" wide.

Any idea where I can find this? I thought about metal strapping (to hang pipes), but that comes pre-perforated.

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A roll of Al flashing from your BORG? It’s about a foot wide with a white face and a brown face of about that color.

Cut with snips and draw file the cut edge.

 

[FredP]

I think I have some aluminum strapping in the shop. If I can find it your welcome to come get some. I think it's a bit over 1 inch wide.

 

[Bas]

A roll of Al flashing from your BORG? It’s about a foot wide with a white face and a brown face of about that color.

There is a crew doing a roof not two houses down from here. Let me swing by there tomorrow with my snips and see if I can score a piece! If I buy it at the BORG I'll have 98% leftover

 

[Bas]

I think I have some aluminum strapping in the shop. If I can find it your welcome to come get some. I think it's a bit over 1 inch wide.

If I can't get it from the roofing crew here I'll give you a call. Thanks Fred!

 

[FredP]

If I can't get it from the roofing crew here I'll give you a call. Thanks Fred!

Always welcome Bas.

 

[CrealBilly]

You could take and rip a piece of sheet tin pretty easy. Just turn you blade around backwards. Cuts thin sheet metal like a hot knife through butter.

 

[Oka]

Go to an architectural sheetmetal fabricator or a sheetmetal shop, they can break you piece for almost nothing

 

[jerrye]

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but steel strapping comes in 3/4" and 1 1/4" and is painted black.

 

[CrealBilly]

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but steel strapping comes in 3/4" and 1 1/4" and is painted black.

hard to drill without it cracking though

 

[mkepke]

Making good progress on repairing a blanket chest for a friend. The lid has some metal banding around the two front corners for protection. One of the bands is broken, i.e. does not go all the way around. It's just some thin metal, about 7/8" wide.

Any idea where I can find this? I thought about metal strapping (to hang pipes), but that comes pre-perforated.

You should be able t find un-perforated steel strapping pretty easily.

I have a roll of galvanized I plan to use for bending wood..I think it came from Home depot.

-Mark

 

[Wiley's Woodworks]

Go to Wal-Mart and buy a big cookie sheet, then cut strips per other post directions.

 

[Bas]

FredP came through, as always. Santa left me all the metal banding I'll need

Now, about those sanding elves...

 

[junquecol]

hard to drill without it cracking though

Where you want to drill, take an eight penny nail, cut the head off, then chuck in drill. Spinning the nail with the drill, will soon soften spot to be drilled. Be sure and NOT TOUCH the nail afterwards till it cools down!

 

[CrealBilly]

Where you want to drill, take an eight penny nail, cut the head off, then chuck in drill. Spinning the nail with the drill, will soon soften spot to be drilled. Be sure and NOT TOUCH the nail afterwards till it cools down!

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