Materials & Vendors

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 (0.035”) 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 (or have edits/corrections), 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	Phone	Processing/ Fabrication	Used/Scrap	Notes
Specialty Metals	Arlington		800-365-1116	x		Premium steel only. Knife, tool, high speed, powder metallurgy, alloy and stainless steels. Services include cut-to-length, sawing, surface and centerless grinding, gun drilling, boring, and trepanning.
SA Recycling (Lake June Scrap Metals)	Balch Springs		972-288-0174		x
Busby Metals	Coppell		800-552-8729			Specialty metals only & high performance copper-based alloys
Ace Iron Metal	Dallas		214-631-2256		x
Arbor Metals	Dallas		800-279-4515	x		Coils & slitting
Chicago Stainless	Dallas		309-351-7462			Stainless coil, sheet, strip, plate
Dimco Steel	Dallas		214-428-8336		x
EMJ Metals (Jorgensen Steel)	Dallas		214-741-1761	x
King Metals	Dallas	x	214-388-9834	x		Architectural
Mandel Metals	Dallas		877-752-5052			Aluminum only (coil, sheet, plate, tread)
McMurray Metals	Dallas		214-742-5654	x		Specialty metals only (hard to find brass, copper and bronze materials when others can not. Lots of drops).
Metals 4U	Dallas	x	214-231-1434			Primarily Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel, Brass, Copper
Quality Metals	Dallas		971-331-6800			Primarily roofing
Southern Metals Co	Dallas		972-233-0757			Large wholesale of welder square and rectangular tubing. 1/2 to 16" square from 16 ga. to .625 & rectangle.
Texas Pipe & Supply	Dallas		972-423-5296			Carbon & stainless pipe and fittings
Thompson-Mathis Metal	Dallas		214-826-1630	x		Primarily sheet
Fulton Metal & Hardware	Denton		940-898-1423		x
Alecom Metal	Euless		972-438-1032	x		Primarily Fabrication
Coremark Metals	Ft. Worth	x	682-286-9922	x	x	Pricematching. Sheet in aluminum, stainless, stainless mirrored, copper, mild steel sheet & plate. Remnants section in showroom.
J&M Steel Co	Ft. Worth		817-289-4160			Steel round and square tubing, plate, sheet, rebar
JMS Russel Metals (Norton Metals)	Ft. Worth		817-232-0404	x		Full line of steel and aluminum
TW Metals	Ft. Worth	x	888-558-7818	x		Worldwide distributor of standard & custom metal pipes, tubes & tubing, rods, bars, extrusion & coi & sheet products. Fittings, hinge pin stock & roll formed shapes. Tubing types include 4130, DOM carbon, drawn or extruded aluminum, commercial & ornamental stainless nickel tubing. Coil & sheet products in aluminum, stainless, nickel & titanium.
WesTex Iron & Metal	Ft. Worth		817-626-7033		x	Sample Product Sheet. Scrap metal yard with lots of plate, square and angles, sometimes you can find fire hydrants for your garden. Mostly steel, some aluminum.
DFW Industrial Metals	Garland		972-276-2400		x	Ferrous and non-ferrous metals bought and sold. You can walk the yard and purchase by the pound.
Garland Steel Inc.	Garland		972-494-6000		x	Hot rolled angles, flats, rounds, channels, pipe, tubing, plate, and sheet. Cold rolled flat bar, round, square, and hex.
Brown Campbell	Garland	x	800-472-8464	x		Grating, perf, expanded.
Castle Metals	Grand Prairie		972-339-5000	x
OnlineMetals.com (ThyssenKrupp)	Grand Prairie	x	800-704-2157			Pricematching
O'Neal Metals	Grand Prairie		972-402-7900	x		Laser, oxy-fuel, plasma cutting. Shearing, sawing, forming.
Ameritube	Hillsboro		254-580-9888			Pipe and tubing
Rudy & Associates (MTW Metals)	Kennendale		817-429-6916			Exotic grades of carbon, stainless, aluminum, alloy, and titanium. Services include bar coding & RFID, OD & ID cleaning, tube re-draw, centerless grinding & ID honing, heat treating, material testing.
Samuel & Son Co	Irving		800-441-0797	x
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		972-231-5176	x		Carbon and specialty high-performance and corrosion resistant metals including aluminum, stainless, nickel, copper, and other exotics. Lead & ingot, magnesium, molybdenum, tungsten, zinc, silver, tin, tantalum, indium. processing includes boring, honing, turning, cutting, slitting, sheeting, shearing, and saw operations.
Holloway Co Inc	Saginaw		800-869-8663	x		Structural steel rolling, plate rolling, ASME code vessels, shop fabricated tanks and custom plate cutting
Stephens Pipe & Fencing	Wills Point		214-348-2400			Fencing-related metals
Multiple Locations
Metal Supermarkets	Dallas, Ft. Worth	x
Ryerson Inc	Arlington, Carrollton	x		x
Grainger	Arlington, Carrollton, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Garland, Plano	x
Online Only
Midwest Steel Supply		x				Low cost cast aluminum plate
Metal by the Foot		x				Also carries patina copper plus taps, dies, and other misc tools
Online Metals		x				Large nationwide distributor
Speedy Metals		x				No minimum source of cast iron