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Post by bambuko on Dec 28, 2009 20:01:37 GMT
I hope I am posting this in the right section?... Where do you guys get your steel etc in sizes not normally available from the usual ME suppliers? For example, right now I need piece of bright mild steel 130x130x15 (roughly 5"x5"x5/8" for imperially minded) for a tooling project and I am not doing very well when googling for it ... I guess, many of you just jump in the car and get it from the nearest metal stockist  My nearest one seems to be Dyfed Steels, at least 50 miles away in south Devon  . Will check on them in the new year, but in the meantime, I thought I'll see if I can get any recommendations here? |
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Post by havoc on Dec 28, 2009 20:11:50 GMT
Doubt you'll find bright mild steel in that size. The thickest they have where I go is 3mm anything thicker is black rolled. But finding material can be a pain. Usual stockists want you to take a whole lenght/plate. Mostly I go to some stockist and ask if I can rummage through the bin.
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DaveD.
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Post by DaveD. on Dec 28, 2009 20:25:54 GMT
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Post by Tel on Dec 28, 2009 20:42:46 GMT
For odd bits of heavier sections Ebay is your friend.
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Post by bambuko on Dec 28, 2009 20:54:26 GMT
thanks guys!
I have used e-pay before for things like this - it was indeed easiest if not cheapest.
Very good link Dave, thanks
And as you say, on p22 they have 15x140 at £14-60 per 300mm, so that would be what I need - will follow this one up.
Last couple of times I asked if can rummage through the bin at local engineering firms, I was told - no! H&S
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Post by havoc on Dec 28, 2009 21:50:14 GMT
At scrap yards it is the same NO I get.
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S.D.L.
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Post by S.D.L. on Dec 28, 2009 22:15:40 GMT
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davidm
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Post by davidm on Dec 28, 2009 22:22:30 GMT
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Post by bambuko on Dec 28, 2009 22:59:53 GMT
thanks Steve, I have "mislaid" MSC in my bookmarks.
No gauge plate for this project, but maybe useful in future.
GLR don't seem to list anything in the kind of size I am after, but as you say David - might be worth checking.
Once again - thank you all for the suggestions!
Chris
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Post by Noddy on Dec 29, 2009 15:37:56 GMT
Old style scrap yards are becoming a thing of the past. If you find one, a packet of hobnobs goes a long way when you are introducing yourself.
Just before ten am and one pm are good times to call, and you can introduce yourself over a tea, instead of interrupting their work.
Small family owned quarries (forget Tarmac/hanson/ RMC etc, unless you know the manager or foreman and have a quarry passport and all the safety gear you'll not get near), jobbing engineers, small steel yards wagon garages, engine re builders etc are all good places to get to know.
Once the guys know you, they'll probably start putting stuff aside for you.
K
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ewal
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Post by ewal on Dec 29, 2009 20:56:04 GMT
You have to get to know local users of steel & do them a favour. For example in the summer I supply surplus runner beans to those who can help me, I also invite them to come & see what I am building. There is an industrial estate close by with a foundry 2 narrow boat builders a profile cutter & a tig welder also a timber merchant who gives me fire wood. I wanted some 1& half mm steel sheet so the boat builders ordered 2 8x4 sheets for me at £12 per sheet. E.W.
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