cladding for steam cylinder

alanhallperry Member Posts: 4	cladding for steam cylinder May 25, 2009 17:51:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by alanhallperry on May 25, 2009 17:51:19 GMT Hi all, Anyone any ideas where I can get thin mild steel sheet suitable for making cylinder cladding ( 2 1/2in. X 9 in. needed). Ideal thickness about 15 thou. After forming I will need to blue it. Thanks Alan

jasonb Elder Statesman Posts: 1,209	cladding for steam cylinder May 25, 2009 19:02:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasonb on May 25, 2009 19:02:39 GMT College engineering do .015" shim steel, they also have the same thickness in spring steel. www.collegeengineering.co.uk/Materials/shimsteel.htm If you could go upto 22swg then most of teh ME suppliers carry that. Jason
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alanhallperry Member Posts: 4	cladding for steam cylinder May 25, 2009 19:18:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by alanhallperry on May 25, 2009 19:18:48 GMT Thanks Jason ~ the College engineering will be perfect for what I want. Alan

ettingtonliam Elder Statesman Posts: 3,356	cladding for steam cylinder May 27, 2009 16:45:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ettingtonliam on May 27, 2009 16:45:45 GMT hi Stuart Models certainly used to supply the cladding steel already blued, might be worth a call to see if they still do. Richard