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Posted by Rich on May 10, 2008, 4:03 am
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Buying 3mm aluminium sheet on Ebay, looking at a particular seller, it
works out at £50 per square meter. Then there is postage which is about
2/3rds the price of the sheet.
I'll actually need somerthing like a 500mm x 500mm sheet to cut out the
sheet for a project I'm engaged in (which requires a 410mm x 300mm
sheet).
I suppose, being as green as grass, that £50 per square meter for 3mm
aluminium is cheap.
Does anyone know a supplier of 3mm aliminium sheet near the
Wakefield/Huddersfield/Dewsbury area? I live in this area and If I could
pick up some sheet myself, that would dramatically reduce my costs. I'm
wanting 4 sheets. TIA.
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Posted by Tim Leech on May 10, 2008, 4:10 am
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>Buying 3mm aluminium sheet on Ebay, looking at a particular seller, it
>works out at £50 per square meter. Then there is postage which is about
>2/3rds the price of the sheet.
>
>I'll actually need somerthing like a 500mm x 500mm sheet to cut out the
>sheet for a project I'm engaged in (which requires a 410mm x 300mm
>sheet).
>
>I suppose, being as green as grass, that £50 per square meter for 3mm
>aluminium is cheap.
>
>Does anyone know a supplier of 3mm aliminium sheet near the
>Wakefield/Huddersfield/Dewsbury area? I live in this area and If I could
>pick up some sheet myself, that would dramatically reduce my costs. I'm
>wanting 4 sheets. TIA.
Try to find a sheet metal or light fabrication business in your area,
they will easily be able to guillotine your sizes for you from eg 8' x
4' sheets if they can be persuaded it's worth their while.
Tim
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Posted by TT_Man on May 10, 2008, 4:49 am
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> Try to find a sheet metal or light fabrication business in your area,
> they will easily be able to guillotine your sizes for you from eg 8' x
> 4' sheets if they can be persuaded it's worth their while.
>
> Tim
Cash in the boss's pocket usually works wonders....
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Posted by Richard Edwards on May 10, 2008, 4:18 am
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>Buying 3mm aluminium sheet on Ebay, looking at a particular seller, it
>works out at £50 per square meter. Then there is postage which is about
>2/3rds the price of the sheet.
>
>I'll actually need somerthing like a 500mm x 500mm sheet to cut out the
>sheet for a project I'm engaged in (which requires a 410mm x 300mm
>sheet).
>
>I suppose, being as green as grass, that £50 per square meter for 3mm
>aluminium is cheap.
>
>Does anyone know a supplier of 3mm aliminium sheet near the
>Wakefield/Huddersfield/Dewsbury area? I live in this area and If I could
>pick up some sheet myself, that would dramatically reduce my costs. I'm
>wanting 4 sheets. TIA.
If you are not requiring a particular spec then tout around your local
scrap merchants. I bought a sheet of 3mm about 1000 x 600 with
protective film the other day for £5 Another day 800 x 50 x 50 bms
plus 25mm od x 800 bms plus 50 x 25 x 600 bms plus plus 35mm od x
200mm continuous cast iron bar plus some other pieces all £13.
Turned down some Stainless pieces as they wanted £7 I I did not really
have a need. (At the time, will probably regret it <G>)
--
Richard
Email address is valid but remove burrs before sending!
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Posted by mark@ems-fife.co.uk on May 10, 2008, 6:22 am
Please log in for more thread options > Buying 3mm aluminium sheet on Ebay, looking at a particular seller, it
> works out at =A350 per square meter. Then there is postage which is about
> 2/3rds the price of the sheet.
>
> I'll actually need somerthing like a 500mm x 500mm sheet to cut out the
> sheet for a project I'm engaged in (which requires a 410mm x 300mm
> sheet).
>
> I suppose, being as green as grass, that =A350 per square meter for 3mm
> aluminium is cheap.
>
> Does anyone know a supplier of 3mm aliminium sheet near the
> Wakefield/Huddersfield/Dewsbury area? I live in this area and If I could
> pick up some sheet myself, that would dramatically reduce my costs. I'm
> wanting 4 sheets. TIA.
Here`s how to use Google.
Type "aluminium" into the search box.
Tick "pages from UK"
Click "search"
Scroll to the bottom of the results page.
Click "search within results"
Type "Huddersfield" into the box.
Click "search"
Take your pick from the hundreds of results you get.
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>works out at £50 per square meter. Then there is postage which is about
>2/3rds the price of the sheet.
>
>I'll actually need somerthing like a 500mm x 500mm sheet to cut out the
>sheet for a project I'm engaged in (which requires a 410mm x 300mm
>sheet).
>
>I suppose, being as green as grass, that £50 per square meter for 3mm
>aluminium is cheap.
>
>Does anyone know a supplier of 3mm aliminium sheet near the
>Wakefield/Huddersfield/Dewsbury area? I live in this area and If I could
>pick up some sheet myself, that would dramatically reduce my costs. I'm
>wanting 4 sheets. TIA.