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3mm aluminium sheet Rich 05-10-2008
Posted by AC on May 10, 2008, 8:24 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.

>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.

Where is the button for a personal recomendation from a group of people with
some knowledge of the subject?

AC



Posted by Sandy Morton on May 10, 2008, 9:16 am
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wrote:
> I suppose, being as green as grass, that £50 per square meter for
> 3mm aluminium is cheap.

Sounds expensive to me. Try your nearest Metal Supermarket.

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village

Posted by Mark Rand on May 10, 2008, 10:10 am
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>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.


http://www.smithmetal.com/locations.htm


Mark Rand
RTFM

Posted by PG1D/PA-11Ø12 on May 12, 2008, 6:08 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.

Discarded traffic signs are 3mm alu. I use them for rear and front panels of
electronic casings.
Dirk



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