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John Lintorn	18/04/2017 10:00:13
66 forum posts 56 photos	Hi guys! So I'm just setting off on my new project a 3" Scale fowler DCC. The boiler drawings call for 3/16" thick copper. The nearest Metric size to this is 5mm and the nearest wire gauge is 6 S.W.G. I have trawler the internet and come up with nothing. Any advice as to where I can get the copper?
JasonB	18/04/2017 10:02:01
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	You will have to go to the nearest size up as it has not been sold in imperial thicknesses for some years.
Roger Provins 2	18/04/2017 10:09:53
344 forum posts	There some 5mm on eBay but located in Germany so postage will be quite expensive. Here
Andrew Johnston	18/04/2017 10:22:44
7061 forum posts 719 photos	I've just bought a small slab of 8mm copper plate from M-Machine. They didn't have it in stock but found a supplier who had some and ordered it in. They list 3/16" and 1/4" copper, albeit POA. Give them a call. When I was looking I found a number of commercial stockholders that had 3/16" and 1/4" plate, but almost none had the 5/16" plus plate I needed. You could also try Milton Keynes Metals, they list 5mm copper sheet. Andrew
KWIL	18/04/2017 15:35:32
3681 forum posts 70 photos	John, You have a PM.
Brian H	18/04/2017 20:37:47
2312 forum posts 112 photos	Live Steam Models (LSM) list 3/16" copper sheet. Usual disclaimer. Brian
Chris Gunn	18/04/2017 22:18:36
459 forum posts 28 photos	John Hood list 5mm copper sheet. Chris Gunn.

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