willynilly
Well-Known Member
SS is nice, basically yeah, because there is zero maintenance, painting, rusting... anything. When I priced SS for my stand, it was $200 for 20', I needed 60'. Luckily I know this guy... and I got 60' for $100 and the TIG weld was free too.
Mild steel is REALLY cheap, plus you can just stick weld it and grind the welds so they look nice if you want to. My stand would have been in excess of $1.2k with the casters and everything, if I had to pay the $600 for the steel and for the welding. Luckily I didn't. Mild steel is just too cheap for most to pass up.
That being said, if you CAN do stainless, Id do it in a heartbeat... it will look excellent forever with little to no maintenance at all.
Mild steel is REALLY cheap, plus you can just stick weld it and grind the welds so they look nice if you want to. My stand would have been in excess of $1.2k with the casters and everything, if I had to pay the $600 for the steel and for the welding. Luckily I didn't. Mild steel is just too cheap for most to pass up.
That being said, if you CAN do stainless, Id do it in a heartbeat... it will look excellent forever with little to no maintenance at all.