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June 2024 Newsletter
June 1, 2024 (Newsletters)

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Collage of summer projects

Spotlight on Summer

Our customers do amazing work year-round, but as we head into summer, we're shining a spotlight on some of the specifically summery projects you've shared with us!

From outdoor ovens to boat lifts to vehicles of every type, Speedy customers are definitely ready to make the most of the season!

Scroll on to learn the details of one customer's back yard fire pit, and make sure you're following our Facebook page to see more featured projects!

FIRE SALE

Check out the latest items that have been added to the Fire Sale:

plate

1/2" 7075-T651 Aluminum Plate, 6-3/4" x 8"

On Sale for $27.98.

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flat

1/8" x 1/2" 6061-T6511 Aluminum Flat, Extruded, 24" Long

On Sale for $3.00.

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round tube

3" OD x .500" Wall 6061-T6 Aluminum Tube, 8" Long

On Sale for $35.00.

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Not what you're looking for? We have dozens of other items available now:

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CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

Summer is back yard bonfire season! This month, we're featuring Wanda Scholl, who used the diamond plate and steel tubing she got from Speedy to make this fire pit/grill for her brother.

back yard fire pit

She says:

"I made this for my brother’s new property in the north woods. I used 1/8" diamond steel plate, 1-1/4 of dom steel tube and square tubing. The expanded metal I had from another project. The poker is also all left over metal that I had left over from other projects."

back yard fire pit poker

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Want to see your work featured here? Send us an email at newsletter@speedymetals.com.

You can also check out other great customer projects on our blog or on our Facebook page.

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What You're Saying:

"It was near impossible for me to find specific diameters and lengths of a very specific type of steel that I needed. After doing just a general google search, I found these guys and I was so happy to see that they had everything I needed! Using the website was easy, and my order arrived within 2 business days. There's no other company that I will be using in the future. Not to mention, the actual product I received was way nicer than I expected. It didn't have a bunch of oil and dirt falling out of the box/off the product and there was zero burrs on the ends of the rods. Very fine work, and extremely secure packaging. 10/10 would order from again!"

-Dakota

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Did You Know...?

...that we may one day be able to smelt steel in a (high tech) solar oven?

Smelting steel with solar power

Solar ovens are great for cooking your dinner while you're camping, but producing steel, glass, and ceramics all require temperatures exceeding 1000°C. Scientists have tried for years to achieve that kind of heat with solar power with little success, maxing out at only 170°C (338°F).

But now, researchers at ETH Zurich are trying something different - using semitransparent materials such as quartz to trap sunlight - a phenomenon called the thermal-trap effect:

"The team crafted a thermal-trapping device by attaching a synthetic quartz rod to an opaque silicon disk as an energy absorber. When they exposed the device to an energy flux equivalent to the light coming from 136 suns, the absorber plate reached 1,050°C (1,922°F), whereas the other end of the quartz rod remained at 600°C (1,112°F)."

Learn more in the full article here.

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