Brass plate or flywheel casting

There's Evans Engineering in Skibb, well a brisk walk out on the western side anyway. But they really only do spares for farm equipment.

Depends on where you live. Not many near me in Somerset.

Worse, I've never found one prepared to sell off-cuts, let alone give metal away! I put it down to improved business efficiency and the high value of scrap. No harm in asking though.

Scrapyards were friendly places in my youth and it was normal to scavenge and make offers for car parts and other goodies. Not now - KEEP OUT signs, razor wire, and angry dogs. None of my local scrappies sell anything to the public. Might just be me, but I suspect model engineers who can get hold of cheap scrap metal are probably a minority?

Dave

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 30/09/2023 13:15:56

Yes same here.
Getting my old banger going by climbing over piles of old cars (literally) and unbolting the parts I wanted myself, was quite the norm. Then.
Our local sailing club here have regular scrap collections to help pay for sailing instruction for the local kids.
And it's quite staggering how much money they make even after the scrappie chappie has taken his cut.

When I was an apprentice I could order almost anything through the company, or just nip down to our stores for a foot of ⅜ brass, no questions asked, or a handful of 4BA brass cheeseheads.
Different world now.

I would say that the disc from an old hard drive would be ideal as a flywheel.

regards Martin

The busses are on time?????? dont know how they managed that !, must be very confusing for people !

However, as you say, it leaves time for a few Murphy,s, sure what could be wrong with that ?

Still does,nt solve the problem of where to get anything. I come across bits of this that and the other, from time to time, no idea what the hell they are, could be OK, could be total crap, the luck of the draw.

So much for Model Making !

I think it has become find some material first, then decide what you can make from it.
Luckily the tip/recycling centre in Bantry, or just outside it, has a skip into which people throw scrap metal.
They ought to set up a webcam aimed at it .

Meanwhile I'll start searching for materials from Germany and other EU places......