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I was surprised how close a metals stockist was to me, for walk-ins at least. If you're buying mild steel - box section or angle, you want the cleanest you can find as you'll need to paint/coat it unless you like rust. Otherwise it's stainless, which carries a premium.

See if there's a local fabricator to you. A small family-run outfit should be easy enough to approach and they might have some offcuts you can have for relatively cheap. I'd imagine for a few quid they'd clean it down ready to paint. Like post above (#19) says, angle can be screwed to worktop from below with wood screws. Box section would typically be fixed from above through the worktop with self-tapping screws.

@Nitefly For the overall expense of buying those legs and getting a mid-beam, you could ask a local fabricators to make you one. If you need a drawing done, PM me all the dimensions and some photos/images and I'll knock you up one on my break. Then you just ask the fabricators for a quote to make the whole thing.

Maybe it was just with mine, but i stuck my head in a welding place near my mechanic and mentioned i wanted something similar to what the OP bought from Etsy, just some square metal legs for a desk and they wanted £140 for a pair which seemed crazy expensive compared to everything i've seen online.
 
Depends on the outfit. If you can find someone on FB marketplace selling squat racks they weld themselves, they're probably the ones you want to get a quote from.

Basically someone whose day job is welding and they also have a welding kit at home for their side projects.
 
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