51 Pound Aluminum Bar

For $10, there are a lot of projects in that thing.
 
Says the dimensions are 42"x4"x4". IIRC I paid a bit over $2 per lb for 6061 last week. Listing doesn't say what grade alumn it is though.
 
If you have a use for it my local scrap yard charges $1.50 lb for alum. some of it marked with alloy & temper so I would say up to $76.50 is fair. If you don't have a likely use for it but just enjoy having it around I'd say maybe $20. If you don't have use for it and likely will put it away and forget about it I'd say 0.
This from a guy that has 9 anvils that he just enjoys having around.................Bob
 
Yes I’d go out and bid $.50 a pound. If you get lucky you may get for less. I got lucky on delrin like that when I got the saw


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For $h!+$ and giggles I used an online metal weight calculator and went through all the known aluminum alloys they had listed to see if i could tentatively identify which alloy it is based on weight at the given specs. Theoretically i should have been able to somewhat narrow down the alloy if it was mass produced. However for the size dimensions listed the lowest weight i should have gotten was around 63/64 pounds. This block is listed at 51 pounds so either someone made an error with size or stated weight or maybe it could be a "recycled" blend of different alloys however there is still a rather large weight discrepancy regardless of which alloy it ends up being if it is aluminum and those are the correct measurements.
 
Latinrascalrg1 said:
For $h!+$ and giggles I used an online metal weight calculator and went through all the known aluminum alloys they had listed to see if i could tentatively identify which alloy it is based on weight at the given specs. Theoretically i should have been able to somewhat narrow down the alloy if it was mass produced. However for the size dimensions listed the lowest weight i should have gotten was around 63/64 pounds. This block is listed at 51 pounds so either someone made an error with size or stated weight or maybe it could be a "recycled" blend of different alloys however there is still a rather large weight discrepancy regardless of which alloy it ends up being if it is aluminum and those are the correct measurements.
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Maybe it's got some hollows or holes drilled in it. Or maybe it's just diet aluminum. :big grin:
 
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