Hardox Equivelant

I've been looking into equivelants for 3mm Hardox and found this:

http://www.ajmarshall.com/RAEX.htm

Comes in at £246 + VAT for a 3000mm x 1500mm sheet so not too shabby in terms of cost either.

Just looking at what cutting and delivery services they offer but I'd be interesting in knowing what people think of this as an equivalent and also whether if I went for the whole sheet if people would be interested in splitting the cost (works out to £41 + VAT + delivery + cutting charges for a 1000mm x 750mm sheet)

That said, first I'd appreciate some comments on whether it does appear to be an equivelant to Hardox?

Andy

Ill deffo take a sheet if you end up wanting some, need a good amount of materials for a little project :lol:

Doesn't weird malice use this for armour? Anyway i may be interested in a sheet

What about AR400 Steel, how does that compare?

Also the company that makes Hardox also appear to now make Armox, has anyone any experience of that?

Hi Andy,

As Jonny said, Weird mAlice is made from this, and as to whether it's any good, we reckon it is. Ours was also bought from A J Marshall but we had all the panels cut to size, so all we had to do was weld and drill them.

On paper both materials have the same yield, tensile and elongation. The chemical content of the RAEX looks better than Hardox to my eyes, but that's just my opinion. At the end of the day they are both wear resistant steels, just different brand names.

If its the same as hardox 3.2mm weight and strength I would be interested in a few bits aswell.

yep DEFO count me in for a sheet !!


John :proud:

Been looking at the chemical composition of AR400 and RAEX 400 and they are vitually identical to Hardox 400 give or take a blob of Molybdenum.

Can be welded with E7018 rods according to the data sheets.

If you are short of someone to form a syndicate you can put me down for a panel.

Trev

Thanks!

ill take a piece if theres any left :P

btw do you have any idea what the total price per piece might be inc delivery and the cutting services?

We'll take a sheet as well.

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Originally Posted by widow_twanky

I've been looking into equivelants for 3mm Hardox and found this:

http://www.ajmarshall.com/RAEX.htm

Comes in at £246 + VAT for a 3000mm x 1500mm sheet so not too shabby in terms of cost either.

Just looking at what cutting and delivery services they offer but I'd be interesting in knowing what people think of this as an equivalent and also whether if I went for the whole sheet if people would be interested in splitting the cost (works out to £41 + VAT + delivery + cutting charges for a 1000mm x 750mm sheet)

That said, first I'd appreciate some comments on whether it does appear to be an equivelant to Hardox?

Andy

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So £246 for a 3000mm x 1500mm sheet split six ways to 1000mm x 750mm sheets gives £41+ VAT (£49.20 including VAT)

Spoke to Pete last night and he said he would probably be able to collect and cut it up so factoring something in for his petrol plus any paypal charges etc etc I reckon about £60 a sheet would be about right as a budget. Postage is about £8 per sheet from there or if Jonno's in a good mood or not looking Pete could sling it in his vans to go to Guildford :proud:.

Compares quite well against 4mm hardox which worked out to £195 for two 1m x 1m sheets delivered (£72+VAT/sheet plus £90 delivery)

I'll leave this here for a few days so anyone else can let me know if they're interested and then get some definite orders off people for whatever they want (and the money before I order it).

Sign me up for 2 sheets delivered

any news on this?

Yep, I've been rubbish. Work has sort of got in the way but I'll try and sort out inn the next week or so.

Any luck ?