First of all, I want aluminum. 2nd of all, if it's going to cost me money to buy the hardware, and hour of chasing around to find the material (where I live, could be 2 hours round trip), and another 2 hours to make it, plus my gas, you see where I'm going?? 3 - 5 hours total ... I don't like working for 6 bucks an hour by the time I pay for material and gas. Some times if you can buy for under 50 bucks and have it show up all ready to bolt and go, I'm way ahead.