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Posted by Dave Baker on March 7, 2008, 12:46 pm
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>>Anyone got any spare or have a cheap source? Doesn't have to be silver
>>steel
>>as I'm not hardening it but that's the most common steel in ground form.
>>It
>>does have to be cock on 3/8" though. J&L want a tenner a metre for it
>>which
>>strikes me as bloody crazy. I know steel has gone up in price but still.
>>Lawsons are a bit better at £2 per 13" length but the carriage buggers
>>that.
>>I only need a couple of metres.
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> Try 3/8" brass then if you want a shock.
> Last year it was £9.20 a 10' length.
> Now it's £27.00
I have to buy some 9/16" bronze soon but I'm putting it off to avoid the
shock.
However to see just how much we're being screwed in this country I thought
I'd have a look at the J&L American site for drill rod, their equivalent of
silver steel.
http://catalogs.shoplocal.com/jlindustrial/index.aspx?circularid=11555&itemcount=0&loggedin=false&newbanner=true&jlpass=1845&storeid=1038424&pagenumber=1849&fsid=1849
A yard of 3/8" water hardening drill rod is $4.97 !!!! About £2.50.
That really does piss me off.
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Dave Baker
Puma Race Engines
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>as I'm not hardening it but that's the most common steel in ground form. It
>does have to be cock on 3/8" though. J&L want a tenner a metre for it which
>strikes me as bloody crazy. I know steel has gone up in price but still.
>Lawsons are a bit better at £2 per 13" length but the carriage buggers that.
>I only need a couple of metres.