Speedy Metals News - March 2026
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Spotlight Contest 2026
Enter Now to win a $50 Speedy Metals Gift Card!
Submit a project that you made with metal from Speedy by March 31, 2026 to be entered to win a $50 Speedy Metals Gift Card!
To enter, send your project to newsletter@speedymetals.com. Please include the following information with your submission:
Your name and email address
What you made
A description of your project (e.g. how did you make it, what metal(s) did you use, any other info you'd like to share)
One or more photos of your project
The winner will be notified by email on April 1, 2026 and announced in the April newsletter. All entrants have the chance to see their project featured in the Customer Spotlight section of a future newsletter.
Discounts on Select 7075 Aluminum Bars
Reminder: We currently have select 7075 aluminum bars available at prices below mill cost, but only if you call your sales rep to order. Don’t have a sales rep? Call us at 1-866-938-6061 to be connected with one.
Prices listed apply to full bars; discounts on cuts are also available when you call.
Product | Quantity in Stock | Price |
|---|---|---|
5/16” 7075 Aluminum Round, 144” long | 1500 | $2.50/lb |
1-1/2” 7075 Aluminum Round, 144” long | 100 | $3.00/lb |
1-3/4” 7075 Aluminum Round, 144” long | 25 | $2.00/lb |
2-1/4” 7075 Aluminum Round, 144” long | 38 | $3.00/lb |
3-1/4” 7075 Aluminum Round, 144” long | 7 | $3.00/lb |
12” 7075 Aluminum Round, 144” long | 5 | $2.65/lb |
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT
This month we’re featuring a project by Jon Edwards: a pair of oscillating steam engines.
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He says these are “my twin steam engines, Beavis and Butt-Head. They are Wig-Wag Steam Engines designed by Ade Swash in the UK.”
To build them, he used a variety of metals including: 1018 steel (base), 6061 Aluminum (upright and cylinder), 12L14 steel (big end, flywheel and crank disc), 303 stainless steel (rods, shafts, and pins), 932 bronze (bearings), C360 brass (tension nut, piston, cylinder cap, steam tubes)
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.
WHAT YOU’RE SAYING
“Speedy Metals has been great for odd metals in about any size. Nice to be able to buy small amounts and not have to leave the shop to scour a supplier and roll the dice.”
-Ron
DID YOU KNOW...?
...that scientists have invented unsinkable aluminum?
Researchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have developed a technique that can make aluminum tubes virtually unsinkable.
It works by etching the inside of the tube to create nanoscale pits, which makes the surface super hydrophobic and able to trap stable pockets of air which keep the tube afloat no matter how many holes are drilled into it.
The lead researcher says, "We tested them in some really rough environments for weeks at a time and found no degradation to their buoyancy […] You can poke big holes in them, and we showed that even if you severely damage the tubes with as many holes as you can punch, they still float."
Learn more in the full article here.
