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trevor jones 1	11/02/2010 22:49:36
17 forum posts	would you say this is good value for money its from a steel stockist in Liverpool all bright bar all for £20 2ft of 12x50mm flat 3ft of 25mm round 4in of 65mm x 65mm sq 6in of 50mm x 75mm flat
Geoff Theasby	11/02/2010 22:58:43
615 forum posts 21 photos	Maybe it is, if you can stop it going rusty before you use it... I haven't used anything that big (except the 25mm round) in 4 years. Regards Geoff
TomK	11/02/2010 23:15:06
83 forum posts 23 photos	Trevor Compared to metal super markets prices I just paid for less bright bar of similar sizes it is excellent value if you have a use for it.
trevor jones 1	12/02/2010 00:00:28
17 forum posts	well the 25mm round bar is for some dumbells i'm makeing and the 12x50 is for the bracket on the tailstock turret in this months MEW i no its only 68mm long but the steel i got were off cuts they dont cut peaces off off cuts. and the blocks were because i'm a magpie maybe for some kind of tool post
keithmart	12/02/2010 07:56:16
165 forum posts	hi I would say that it is a very reasonable price, but considering only a few years ago you would have found it in a scrap bin and had it for free Such is progress! Regards Keith Leeds UK
Les Jones 1	12/02/2010 08:30:03
2292 forum posts 159 photos	Hi Trevor, It looks good value to me. Would you be prepared to say which stockist you used as I need to buy some 2 mm sheet for a furnace I am building and some bar about 25mm x 10mm to make tongs to lift the crucible. Les. (Ormskirk - not far from Liverpool.)
Gordon W	12/02/2010 09:49:00
2011 forum posts	I don't know the price of bright bar, never seen any for a long time. Black bar, hot rolled, last year was about £1000 a tonne for small quantities (less than a tonne) which I think is outrageous, considering they can't sell the stuff. 20x 20 bar about £3 / metre. PS this is in N. Scotland.
trevor jones 1	12/02/2010 11:31:31
17 forum posts	ok les. scimitar steel Admiral Works 3 Benbow Street Bootle, Merseyside L20 1EP
Les Jones 1	12/02/2010 11:52:35
2292 forum posts 159 photos	Thanks Trevor, I phone them when the weather gets better. I need to buy a 2 M x 1M sheet of 1.6 or 2mm steel. I will have to cut this to size outside my workshop hence the need for better weather. Les.
trevor jones 1	12/02/2010 12:02:01
17 forum posts	ok les i forgot to say ask for off-cuts first there at the back of the place. i dont no about sheet but theres a few steel stockist around there. Trev
Phil Ashman	12/02/2010 13:43:42
33 forum posts	Well yesterday I paid £10 for a piece of 3mm mild steel, 11" x 9" from Metal Supermarket, and that was an offcut. So I think you had a pretty good buy. I'm always tempted to walk out, but the alternative is to buy by mail order, pay a fiver post and packing, and then wait a week for it. Phil
chris stephens	12/02/2010 17:34:34
1049 forum posts 1 photos	Hi Phil, Did you expect to get any sort of a bargain from that particular company? chriStephens
Dougie Swan	12/02/2010 18:30:14
269 forum posts 73 photos	Metal Supermarket is handy but I have found that they are enforcing their minimum order policy which is £10. Thats probably why you paid that amount for the plate. I find its worth asking when buying from them if I am being charged the tenner because of the above policy. Last time I was there I was being charged £10 for a bit of 2" dia ali 3" long, I ended up with that bit and some 1 3/4" and 1" dia, both 6" long for the same price Dougie
Phil Ashman	15/02/2010 13:46:11
33 forum posts	Dougie, I didn't know they had a £10 minimum policy. Now I understand what I thought was the blokes impressive mental agility when he said, "It's £8.51 plus VAT, that'll be ten quid mate". Phil

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