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Posted by dpb on August 5, 2006, 6:05 pm
JTMcC wrote:
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> > SW KS, so there aren't many choices...I'll talk to local ironmonger :)
> > Monday and see who/what he knows.
> Your chances are very slim there.
So's he. :)
He's got to have a supplier somewhere.
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> > I've seen a couple of open structures for bell towers of the square
> > tubing that I think are quite nice but not particularly involved in
> > construction so I am really leaning towards that as opposed to pipe.
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> The square tube will be cheaper and easier to work with, and of course give
> you that vintage timber look.
The "vintage timber" look wasn't much in my mind...but I suppose w/ the
right color and some consideration of how it was joined it could leave
such an impression...the examples I had seen were pretty simple and
didn't remind me of that at all, however. :)
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> A good industrial epoxy coating will be as close to "maintenance free" as
> you will find in SW Kansas.
At least it is in town instead of on the farm so it does have a fair
amount of protection we don't out here. UV is big killer of most
finishes out here, of course.
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> ...I have thousands of tons of iron coated that way
> in Eastern Kansas (Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, K.C. ...
Any supplier/distributor in the KC area you can recommend? Denver is
equidistant to KC, while OKC, Wichita, Amarillo are all roughly
equidistant and about half as far...
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> Anyway good luck, I hope it looks nice when you're done.
I think it will in the end. Thanks for the input.
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> > Monday and see who/what he knows.
> Your chances are very slim there.