Anyone know who sells it at a reasonable cost for small lengths, Derbyshire area.
Cheers

wouldn't have thought 7020 would have been readily available in small portions ..... and it ain't usually cheap neither

richard austin have a place in leeds

6082-T6 is virtually as strong, MUCH cheaper, and much more weldable than 7020.
My Hub Centre Steered monstrosity is pretty much exclusively made from 6082-T6...

Cheers, Mark.

Thanks, I'll look into T6 properties as well

i make everything from 6082 t6

i looked at 7020 but for the strength diff verses price it weren't worth it

It's not so much the strength difference in hardened state. I want to weld it onto a swinger for a Magnum 1 top loop / shock mount and don't want it cracking where welded.

specifying T anything on a material spec to be welded is pointless, as the welding process destroys the tempering in that local area. So unless your getting it post weld normalized and re-tempered its best not to need the temper part of the material spec on parts with a weld on them...

isn't 7020 only weldable to 7020 , i use 6082 for slots and weld them onto stock arms

7020 to 7020 - don't know, I have a Honda Big One arm to cut about and play with, probably end up being cashed in for scrap if I'm being honest, but good to practise my Tig on

well before you do, cut it up and practice on it, with a slice of it cut out to use as a filler rod!
That way your guarentee'd to be welding the same stuff together with the correct filler rod.
Ive ran out of exotic rods a few times and just used a offcut in a emergency...

I did that very same thing with some 2" bore Grade 2 titanium tube I was welding...