Materials
With the following exceptions, members are expected to provide their own materials and consumables (including angle grinder wheels):
- MIG Wire. The fee for using the DMS-provided wire (0.035") in the MIG welders is $1 for every 3 minutes of continuous welding.
- Welding Gas. The gas provided for the welders has no additional cost for members.
- Powder Coating Powder. Members can use the powders in the cabinet at no additional cost.
The following vendor lists are not intended to be comprehensive. If you have a favorite vendor that isn't on the list (or have edits/corrections), feel free to add it.
Plasma Table Consumable Vendors
| Vendor | Location | Online Store |
|---|---|---|
| Alvarado, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Grand Prairie, Mesquite | ||
| Coppell, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Garland, Grand Prairie, Lewisville | x |
Powder Coating Vendors
| Vendor | Location | Online Store |
|---|---|---|
| Prismatic Powders | online only | x |
| Powder by the Pound | online only | x |
Metal Vendors
| Vendor | Location | Online Store | Phone | Processing/ Fabrication | Used/Scrap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty Metals | Arlington | 800-365-1116 | x | Premium steel only. Knife, tool, high speed, powder metallurgy, alloy and stainless steels. Services include cut-to-length, sawing, surface and centerless grinding, gun drilling, boring, and trepanning. | ||
| SA Recycling (Lake June Scrap Metals) | Balch Springs | 972-288-0174 | x | |||
| Busby Metals | Coppell | Specialty metals only & high performance copper-based alloys | ||||
| Ace Iron Metal | 214-631-2256 | x | ||||
| Arbor Metals | Dallas | 800-279-4515 | x | Coils & slitting | ||
| Chicago Stainless | Dallas | 309-351-7462 | Stainless coil, sheet, strip, plate | |||
| Dimco Steel | Dallas | 214-428-8336 | x | |||
| EMJ Metals (Jorgensen Steel) | Dallas | 214-741-1761 | x | |||
| King Metals | Dallas | x | 214-388-9834 | x | Architectural | |
| Mandel Metals | Dallas | 877-752-5052 | Aluminum only (coil, sheet, plate, tread) | |||
| McMurray Metals | Dallas | 214-742-5654 | x | Specialty metals only (hard to find brass, copper and bronze materials when others can not. Lots of drops). | ||
| Metals 4U | Dallas | x | 214-231-1434 | Primarily Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel, Brass, Copper | ||
| Quality Metals | Dallas | 971-331-6800 | Primarily roofing | |||
| Southern Metals Co | Dallas | 972-233-0757 | Large wholesale of welder square and rectangular tubing. 1/2 to 16" square from 16 ga. to .625 & rectangle. | |||
| Texas Pipe & Supply | Dallas | 972-423-5296 | Carbon & stainless pipe and fittings | |||
| Thompson-Mathis Metal | Dallas | 214-826-1630 | x | Primarily sheet | ||
| Fulton Metal & Hardware | Denton | 940-898-1423 | x | |||
| Alecom Metal | Euless | 972-438-1032 | x | Primarily Fabrication | ||
| Coremark Metals | Ft. Worth | x | 682-286-9922 | x | x | Pricematching. Sheet in aluminum, stainless, stainless mirrored, copper, mild steel sheet & plate. Remnants section in showroom. |
| J&M Steel Co | Ft. Worth | 817-289-4160 | Steel round and square tubing, plate, sheet, rebar | |||
| JMS Russel Metals (Norton Metals) | Ft. Worth | 817-232-0404 | x | Full line of steel and aluminum | ||
| TW Metals | Ft. Worth | x | 888-558-7818 | x | Worldwide distributor of standard & custom metal pipes, tubes & tubing, rods, bars, extrusion & coi & sheet products. Fittings, hinge pin stock & roll formed shapes. Tubing types include 4130, DOM carbon, drawn or extruded aluminum, commercial & ornamental stainless nickel tubing. Coil & sheet products in aluminum, stainless, nickel & titanium. | |
| WesTex Iron & Metal | Ft. Worth | 817-626-7033 | x | Sample Product Sheet. Scrap metal yard with lots of plate, square and angles, sometimes you can find fire hydrants for your garden. Mostly steel, some aluminum. | ||
| DFW Industrial Metals | Garland | 972-276-2400 | x | Ferrous and non-ferrous metals bought and sold. You can walk the yard and purchase by the pound. | ||
| Garland Steel Inc. | Garland | 972-494-6000 | x | Hot rolled angles, flats, rounds, channels, pipe, tubing, plate, and sheet. Cold rolled flat bar, round, square, and hex. | ||
| Brown Campbell | Garland | x | 800-472-8464 | x | Grating, perf, expanded. | |
| Castle Metals | Grand Prairie | 972-339-5000 | x | |||
| OnlineMetals.com (ThyssenKrupp) | Grand Prairie | x | 800-704-2157 | Pricematching | ||
| O'Neal Metals | Grand Prairie | 972-402-7900 | x | Laser, oxy-fuel, plasma cutting. Shearing, sawing, forming. | ||
| Ameritube | Hillsboro | 254-580-9888 | Pipe and tubing | |||
| Rudy & Associates (MTW Metals) | Kennendale | 817-429-6916 | Exotic grades of carbon, stainless, aluminum, alloy, and titanium. Services include bar coding & RFID, OD & ID cleaning, tube re-draw, centerless grinding & ID honing, heat treating, material testing. | |||
| Samuel & Son Co | Irving | 800-441-0797 | x | |||
| Almetco Recycling | Lewisville | 972-221-7442 | x | Good source of copper, bronze, brass | ||
| CDC Surplus Products | Richardson | 972-918-9886 | x | Mechanical surplus: Cut-offs, hard plastics, aluminum, steel, various metals in smaller sizes. Drill bits, mill tooling, hand tools, high strength nuts and bolts. No credit cards accepted. | ||
| Trident Metals | Richardson | 972-231-5176 | x | Carbon and specialty high-performance and corrosion resistant metals including aluminum, stainless, nickel, copper, and other exotics. Lead & ingot, magnesium, molybdenum, tungsten, zinc, silver, tin, tantalum, indium. processing includes boring, honing, turning, cutting, slitting, sheeting, shearing, and saw operations. | ||
| Holloway Co Inc | Saginaw | 800-869-8663 | x | Structural steel rolling, plate rolling, ASME code vessels, shop fabricated tanks and custom plate cutting | ||
| Stephens Pipe & Fencing | Wills Point | 214-348-2400 | Fencing-related metals | |||
| Multiple Locations | ||||||
| Metal Supermarkets | Dallas, Ft. Worth | x | ||||
| Ryerson Inc | Arlington, Carrollton | x | x | |||
| Grainger | Arlington, Carrollton, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Garland, Plano | x | ||||
| Online Only | ||||||
| Midwest Steel Supply | x | Low cost cast aluminum plate | ||||
| Metal by the Foot | x | Also carries patina copper plus taps, dies, and other misc tools | ||||
| Online Metals | x | Large nationwide distributor | ||||
| Speedy Metals | x | No minimum source of cast iron | ||||
