zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 08:06 PM |
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Good Metal Suppliers
Recommendations for steel suppliers please??
Looks like i can afford to start my chassis
Either a nationwide supplier or one in Lincolnshire area 
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 09:32 PM |
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kass steel scunthorpe .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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big_wasa
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 09:37 PM |
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Craven & Nichols in Boston
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 09:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Volvorsport
kass steel scunthorpe .
Do you need an account or do they sell one off orders? Card or COD
Any idea on prices for 1" box ect
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 09:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
Craven & Nichols in Boston
Ooooh...bit nearer me
Same questions as above?
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big_wasa
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 10:06 PM |
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Top Lads but a little bit off there tits 
NO acount needed and they have all the locost steel needed.
I even get some bits as ofcuts .
Big engineering works ,so do all shot blasting powdercoating aswell. Also BOC agents ect.
price a few weeks ago was 69p/m 19mm rhs and £1.29/m 25mm rhs. + vat.
it comes in 6m lenghts ,they will cut it down. The guy in the stores you want is Martin (I think).
Craven & Nicholas ltd
st johns rd,boston (on side of the docks) number is 01205 364004.
regards warren
Ps one tip is cash works best for small orders .nudge nudge wink wink 
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 10:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
Ps one tip is cash works best for small orders .nudge nudge wink wink
Nudge Nudge 
Sound like my kind of people!
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rayward
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 11:43 PM |
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online supplier
www.shop4steel.com
Ray
[Edited on 8/12/05 by rayward]
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dave_w11
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 12:22 AM |
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I'm about ready to order my steel too. I'm in sheffield and there's about 30 places listed in the 'Steel stockholders'
section of the yellow pages! Don't know where to start.
Before I start phoning round them all, do people usually get their steel delivered or will I need to collect armed with a hacksaw?
I like the look of that www.shop4steel.co.uk no messing about delivered to your door, but I can only find 2.5mm wall thickness tubing. Is that the
thinest they do or am I just not looking hard enough?
I saw another site similar to that but they only delivered in the south east 
Thanks! Dave.
[Edited on 11/12/05 by dave_w11]
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oliwb
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 10:11 AM |
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Anyone know if there's an online place like shop4steel for Stainless steel??? Cheers Oli.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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Gav
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 10:25 AM |
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Usually its delivered to your door and probably cash on delivery.
gav.
quote:
Originally posted by dave_w11
I'm about ready to order my steel too. I'm in sheffield and there's about 30 places listed in the 'Steel stockholders'
section of the yellow pages! Don't know where to start.
Before I start phoning round them all, do people usually get their steel delivered or will I need to collect armed with a hacksaw?
I like the look of that www.shop4steel.co.uk no messing about delivered to your door, but I can only find 2.5mm wall thickness tubing. Is that the
thinest they do or am I just not looking hard enough?
I saw another site similar to that but they only delivered in the south east
Thanks! Dave.
[Edited on 11/12/05 by dave_w11]
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40inches
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 04:00 PM |
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In and around the midlands/south yorkshire try here http://www.egglestonbros.co.uk/ it seems that RHS is sized in metric and ERW in imperial???
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 04:55 PM |
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I've never used Egglestones but it's very near where I get my gas from. I buy from Twiggs metals in Matlock or Hamer Goodlad in Eckington
quite a bit.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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LoCorun
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| posted on 20/12/05 at 04:05 PM |
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I ordered my metal today!
I used parker steel ( http://www.parkersteel.co.uk/ )
The main tubing and a 25mm x 3mm bar. No sheet (I can get offcuts off my school and am gonna try get the Aluminium off the sides of a van like the
book suggests).
All in all, cost came to £133 including VAT and Next Day Delivery(Well, That's what it says, Do I believe it? No :-)). You might want to note
that I need a bit more steel than the standard book chassis as I'm gonna have IRS and a lengthened cockpit.
That's pretty good I think, and their site is nice and easy to use. 30 quid cheaper than Rudgwick Metals (Who wouldn't deliver till the
new year).
Oh, some free advice: Don't get any of your stuff cut. If (for instance) you need 1 meter of RHS. Get an uncut 6 meter length cos it _will_ be
cheaper than them cutting it for you and you get some spare metal! If you can't store 6 meter lengths then just cut it on the day of
delivery.
Other places in the south: Goodman Steel (I've heard they're good and someone on these boards said they're good for raiding their
offcut bins).
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