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
Metroplex Welding Supply	Alvarado, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Grand Prairie, Mesquite
Airgas	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	Processing/ Fabrication	Used/ Scrap	Notes
Specialty Metals	Arlington		x
TW Metals	Arlington	x	x

Busby Metals	Coppell				Specialty metals only
Ace Iron Metal	Dallas			x
Arbor Metals	Dallas		x
Dimco Steel	Dallas			x
EMJ Metals	Dallas		x
King Metals	Dallas	x	x		Architectural
Mandel Metals	Dallas				Aluminum only
McMurray Metals	Dallas				Specialty metals only
Metals 4U	Dallas
Quality Metals	Dallas				Primarily roofing
Samuel & Son Co	Dallas		x
Thompson-Mathis Metal	Dallas		x

Fulton Metal & Hardware	Denton			x
Alecom Metal	Euless		x		Primarily Fabrication
WesTex Iron & Metal	Ft. Worth			x	New & Used Sample Product Sheet
JMS Russel Metals (Norton Metals)	Ft. Worth		x
Coremark Metals	Ft. Worth	x	x		Pricematching
J&M Steel Co	Ft. Worth
Garland Steel Inc.	Garland			x
DFW Industrial Metals	Garland				Ferrous and non-ferrous metals bought and sold. You can walk the yard and purchase by the pound
Brown Campbell	Garland		x
OnlineMetals.com (ThyssenKrupp)	Grand Prairie	x			Pricematching
Castle Metals	Grand Prairie		x
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
Metal Supermarkets	Dallas, Ft. Worth	x
Ryerson Inc	Arlington, Carrollton		x
Grainger	Arlington, Carrollton, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Garland, Plano	x
Midwest Steel Supply	online only	x			Low cost cast aluminum plate
Metal by the Foot	online only	x			Also carries patina copper plus taps, dies, and other misc tools
Online Metals	online only	x
Speedy Metals	online only	x			no minimum source of cast iron