Online Metals Blog

OK, so we’re not physically going there. Yet. But OnlineMetals is so proud to sponsor Team Phoenicia in their quest for the Google Lunar X Prize!

Team Phoenicia is based in Emeryville, CA. They’re a group of extremely talented individuals, chasing their dreams…and using OLM materials to do it. What could be better!

In my talks with Will, one of the team members, I leared that their participation in the upcoming Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge will help them to develop technology that is needed to achieve their ultimate goal: landing packages on the Moon! (Then who knows where they’ll go!)

By building a scalable and semimodular design, Team Phoenicia is tackling the Challenge in a manner that allows the follow-on development of landers with potential commercial application. (OLM Lunar Lander Kits: Available in 2022! Pre-order now!)

OnlineMetals is proud of their X-Prize team, and hopes to one day have a disgustingly HUGE OnlineMetals banner on each planet the lander visits. Aliens need metal too, you know! Ha!

If you want to be a part of this great team, consider a sponsorship of your own. Visit Team Phoenicia’s website today.

Good luck guys!

As you know, OnlineMetals doesn’t offer curved cuts. We can cut in straight lines…and that’s about it.

So when our local customers ask for a suggestion on where to cut their material, we send them over to see our friend Kurt at
Da Vinci’s Workshop.

He’s got an Esab “Hydro Saber” water jet cutter that will cut just about any shape that you can imagine!

…and according to the customers we’ve referred, watching the machine work, and talking to Kurt are just as enjoyable as the end piece!

So check them out.

OK, so you’re thinking about a specific part. Some little piece that you’ve designed in your mind, that is now a CRITICAL part of your over all project’s design.

Problem is, you know you can’t build that part in your shop. So, now what!?!

“OnlineMetals can’t do it.” You think to yourself.

But then you remember that OnlineMetals aligns itself with other industry leading companies for exactly this reason.

ShortRun Pro allows you to design, fabricate, and build metal parts immediately.

Counter top brackets, computer and TV mounts, customized guards and connectors. You name it!

They’ve been a partner of ours for years, and we’re pleased to send people their way.

Call (877) 829-9293 or visit http://www.shortrunpro.com/ today.

Really. I’m curious. Does your website generate revenue?

It sounds a bit salesy, and I’m sure Chris will tease me for being a “marketroid,” but Affiliate programs generate revenue…and OnlineMetals has an affiliate program that you should be a part of.

If you’re reading this blog, you probably already know about us, right? We hope that you really really like us too.

We figure…if you’re going to tell your friends about us anyway, why not make money doing it!

All we’re looking for is a link at your page. No money to join, no free slicer and dicer included if you act now. Just a chance to earn 5% on EVERY order placed through your link(s).

Oh, did I forget to mention that you can have more than one link? Yep. Links can go anywhere.
A mention on your blog can earn money.

Links to specific products you use, or your customers use.

Hyperlinks in an e-mail.
Newsletters!
Wherever!

We’ll sincerely appreciate the endorcement from our friends and customers. You’ll sincerely appreciate the commission checks.

It’s a win win!

So don’t be afraid to sign up NOW. We’re golden rule people…and won’t do anything with your information that we wouldn’t want done with ours! We just need the address that we’re sending checks to, and the e-mail to send thank you’s to!

I’m Amber, the Marketing Director, and I’d be the one writing the thank you’s…so you know that they’re not going to be super formal.

Oh…if you just want a link…w/o $$$…here they are.

OnlineMetals friend and Affiliate machinist-info.com is a source for CNC and manual machining technology and mechanical engineering information on the web. They feature a great group of metals related blogs, and from time to time post featured articles from individual machinists and engineers. They feature books, computer programs, web sites, new technology and more.

The webmaster is great. He’s constantly updating the site to bring the latest information to CNC machinists. He’s a dedicated metals man, with an OLM sense of humor. Anyone who has a PyPl donations button on his homepage with “Buy me a coffee.” above it, is our kind of guy!

In 2 weeks, we’ll be at the Austin Texas MakerFaire. If you’re there too, please stop by. It’ll be a lot of fun. Lots of fun, hand outs, and HUGS FROM CHRIS!!! (We haven’t told him yet…)

Anyway, Make Magazine is such a great quarterly magazine! We subscribe, and we want all of our customers to have the chance to subscribe.

The thing is…as the Marketing Director…I want to do more than just offer it at retail price. I think our customers deserve more! Luckily John, Chris, and the folks over at Make Magazine agree.

So buy raw metals, plastics, and/or composites from us, and get a HUGE discount on your subscription! I’d give exact numbers, but blogs come up in a google search, and we want the price to stay exclusive to OLM customers.

It’s worth it though…so check it out! Just place your order, and add a subscription in Step 3 of 5 in your checkout. On the basket page! If you forget, or want to add it to an existing order, just call us.

Blacksmiths have been coming to OnlineMetals for raw materials for years. We recently learned that even more blacksmiths are finding us on anvilfire.com, an OnlineMetals affiliate and source for great information for metal workers all over the world.

The metal working gurus at anvilfire are always willing to help. They’ve got a wealth of knowledge, get to work immediately whenever given a task.

I recently asked if they could update the OnlineMetals banner on their website. An hour later they had our largest banner on their homepage which included a US and Canadian flag in honor of our new Canadian Shipping Program.

Now that’s care and attention to detail that OnlineMetals appreciates. We think our customers will too!

Check them out!