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 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, 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 | ||
| SA Recycling (Lake June Scrap Metals) | Balch Springs | 972-288-0174 | x | |||
| Busby Metals | Coppell | Specialty metals only | ||||
| Ace Iron Metal | x | |||||
| Arbor Metals | Dallas | x | ||||
| Dimco Steel | Dallas | x | ||||
| EMJ Metals (Jorgensen Steel) | Dallas | 214-741-1761 | x | |||
| King Metals | Dallas | x | 214-388-9834 | x | Architectural | |
| Mandel Metals | Dallas | Aluminum only | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Quality Metals | Dallas | Primarily roofing | ||||
| Samuel & Son Co | Dallas | x | ||||
| Thompson-Mathis Metal | Dallas | x | ||||
| Fulton Metal & Hardware | Denton | 940-898-1423 | x | |||
| Alecom Metal | Euless | 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 | |||||
| JMS Russel Metals (Norton Metals) | Ft. Worth | x | ||||
| TW Metals | Ft. Worth | x | 888-558-7818 | x | ||
| WesTex Iron & Metal | Ft. Worth | 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 | ||||
| Castle Metals | Grand Prairie | x | ||||
| OnlineMetals.com (ThyssenKrupp) | Grand Prairie | x | Pricematching | |||
| O'Neal Metals | Grand Prairie | x | ||||
| Ameritube | Hillsboro | Pipe and tubing | ||||
| 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 | x | ||||
| Holloway Co Inc | Saginaw | x | ||||
| Stephens Pipe & Fencing | Wills Point | Fencing-related metals | ||||
| Multiple Locations | ||||||
| Metal Supermarkets | Dallas, Ft. Worth | x | ||||
| Ryerson Inc | Arlington, Carrollton | 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 | |||||
| Speedy Metals | x | No minimum source of cast iron | ||||
