where to buy copper plates for custom mod jobs?

[fire400]

i'm trying to mod a dell m1330 laptop, and all these forums are talkin' about puttin' damn copper plates on their sh.t and I'm wondering where the fvck in minnesota I can find copper for this kinda sh.t, should I just melt a penny in fire or something?

you think menards will sell me something of the sort? i'm utterly brainless right now.

 

[Lemon law]

Try a sheet metal shop, they probably have it in stock and can even cut it cleanly to the size specified. Beats tin snips with ragged edges.

And forget melting pennies, they are most zinc now. And zinc fumes are a real health hazard.

 

[alyarb]

you aren't being remotely specific about what you're going to use the copper for, and you don't need to censure yourself. this forum isn't going to cover "shit" and "fuck" with asterisks and it makes you look like a kid when you try to express it with incorrect symbols, yet you go out of your way to apostrophize colloquialisms like talkin' and puttin'. it's fine, we get the image. you're some rural guy clacking away at a keyboard. spend more time and effort describing your problem and less time on stereotypical linguistics, and then I will spend more time and effort solving your problem and less time categorizing you.

http://www.frozencpu.com/produ...Copper_Cold_Plate.html

 

[Schmide]

Originally posted by: fire400
i'm trying to mod a dell m1330 laptop, and all these forums are talkin' about puttin' damn copper plates on their sh.t and I'm wondering where the fvck in minnesota I can find copper for this kinda sh.t, should I just melt a penny in fire or something?

you think menards will sell me something of the sort? i'm utterly brainless right now.

Good luck melting pennies, 1000c is darn hot and dangerous.

You can always buy some 5/8" copper tubing, cut lengthwise and flatten it out. This will yield 1/8 x 1 1/2" by whatever strips.

 

[dawp]

Originally posted by: Schmide

Originally posted by: fire400
i'm trying to mod a dell m1330 laptop, and all these forums are talkin' about puttin' damn copper plates on their sh.t and I'm wondering where the fvck in minnesota I can find copper for this kinda sh.t, should I just melt a penny in fire or something?

you think menards will sell me something of the sort? i'm utterly brainless right now.

Good luck melting pennies, 1000c is darn hot and dangerous.

You can always buy some 5/8" copper tubing, cut lengthwise and flatten it out. This will yield 1/8 x 1 1/2" by whatever strips.

besides, pennies haven't been pure copper for years, they're copper plated zinc now.

look online for copper, you should be able to find bar stock easy enough.

 

[Schmide]

Originally posted by: dawp
besides, pennies haven't been pure copper for years, they're copper plated zinc now.

Anything before 1979 is copper, there is plenty in circulation. I don't condone their destruction though, there is enough of better sources of copper.

 

[wwswimming]

in San Diego there's a place called Industrial Metal Supply which is like a Walmart for metal buyers. you could buy copper off the shelf in the thickness you need.

so i'm thinking there'e probably got to be some similar place in Minnesota.

as far as melting pennies - it's illegal. not that anybody here would turn you in.

1982/1983 is the time-frame for the penny material. 1981 & before are 95% copper, & weigh 3.3 grams. zinc pennies weigh 2.7 grams.

what we always did as kids when we wanted flat pennies was put 'em on the railroad tracks.

 

[PClark99]

when in doubt....

mcmaster carr.


http://www.mcmaster.com/#copper-bars/=3zfoqh

 

[hdfxst]

http://www.onlinemetals.com/

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: PClark99
when in doubt....

mcmaster carr.


http://www.mcmaster.com/#copper-bars/=3zfoqh

+1

Originally posted by: hdfxst
http://www.onlinemetals.com/

+2

 

[Soulkeeper]

the mcmaster website doesn't seem to like firefox.
onlinemetals is looking like it would cost about $200 bucks for a 2"x2"x4" peice

considering that copper costs just under $3 per pound and a piece with that size weighs about 5.2lbs that price seems really excessive (over 10x what it costs them).

any reasonable priced blocks/plates ?

 

[aigomorla]

http://www.shoppts.com/2x2x1cobl.html

u would then need to stack them sideways to get what you want.

Also this kinda of question belongs in cases and cooling. :X

 

[Soulkeeper]

much better

 

[fire400]

wow,
thx^

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
much better

keep note tho..

the other guy was 4 inches thick... while this guy is only 1/4 inch thick.

 

[Soulkeeper]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
much better

keep note tho..

the other guy was 4 inches thick... while this guy is only 1/4 inch thick.

Yes, I did the math by pound.

Good stuff

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
much better

keep note tho..

the other guy was 4 inches thick... while this guy is only 1/4 inch thick.

Yes, I did the math by pound.

Good stuff

no no no ... im saying keep note in its size...

If you were looking for 4 inch copper and i show u a 1/4 inch... it kinda feels like im robing u.

 

[Soulkeeper]

ok thanks.