MonkeyHunter
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| posted on 5/3/04 at 01:50 PM |
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Steel suppliers in Bristol - Recommendations.
As title, preferably somewhere that can deliver. Ive tried a couple of places, but they will only sell huge quantities, or dont deliver...
Cheers,
Scott.
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tom_loughlin
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| posted on 5/3/04 at 06:13 PM |
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hey, just wondering what kind of steel your looking for? im guessing your from bristol (or near)
i have a few contacts in uni about various materials, ill spread the word, and see what i can do - ive been able to get a few things at wholesale
prices.
what are u building? im just about to start on a GTS de Dion, building it in n wales.
cheers
Tom
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James
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| posted on 5/3/04 at 06:59 PM |
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Try an e-mail to Paul Beyer on this site.
He lives in Bristol. He's done an MK but he's Dad's a fabricator or something so may well know the best places.
HTH,
James
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MonkeyHunter
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| posted on 7/3/04 at 04:15 PM |
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Cheers James, i have sent Paul Beyer an email, hopefully he will be able to recommend somewhere.
Tom, im after all the material for my chassis basically. I am planning to build a mid engined roadster with IRS, i very much like Alan B's
Meerkat, if i can end up with something that looks similar, i will be a very happy man!
I am still at the design stage, but have a 1.6L Honda Vtec engine for my power plant, which weighs in at 140kg & puts out 170bhp, And my turbo
turned up the other day, so i shouldnt be short on power 
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Viper
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| posted on 7/3/04 at 04:28 PM |
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Just for the record,steel prices are climbing and its getting hard to get hold of (sheet anyway) something to dop with the chinese buying up steel al
over europe.
Tim
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kingr
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| posted on 7/3/04 at 11:32 PM |
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Monkey - Fred Powell seems pretty good - I've bought some steel from them, they know what they're talking about and they can deliver
reasonably cheaply. I think they hold all the ERW needed, but they'll probably need to get CDS in specially (they did when I ordered it, it was
only a day or two's wait though).
Viper - the story I head was that emission control taxation has recently stepped up causing prices to go through the roof and probably causing all
sorts of temporary supply problems.
Kingr
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Viper
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| posted on 7/3/04 at 11:50 PM |
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I am only repeating what the buyer at my works ha said.
Tim
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MonkeyHunter
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| posted on 8/3/04 at 07:28 PM |
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kingr - Thanks, i went to Fred Powell at lunch time, and ordered the SHS i need, it should be arriving wednesday morning
Steel prices are on the way up, they had a notice stuck on the counter explaining it all, apparently its to do with more expensive energy and the
chinese. Its going to get worse all year apparently.
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