on the internet to make finger plates for the dovetail jig and coming up with expensive findings.
I didn't even think this stuff would be sold on ebay. Lo&behold theres a machine shop just round the corner selling bloody offcuts at reasonable prices.
Shat.
All diy men should visit the local scrapyard every few weeks or so. you will get all sorts of things at scrap prices. Its amazing what some people dump and they are mangled up. I rarely visited one without coming away with a bargain.
Whats a bargain look like? ;-)
I do want the allum in good condition ie not scratched.
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: > Whats a bargain look like? ;-)
you might be lucky and get what you want but it will be cheap. Just look around and be nice and they wont mind you snooping about.
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I need about 4' of 3" steel pipe. Can I bloody find any? Can I hell.
Well, of course, I can find plenty but I'd have to buy it.
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Last time I wanted some I had a chat with a local council worker and a day or so later a length appeared outside my door, complete with a bit of old concrete. A lot of standalone road signs, no waiting etc. are 3" dia' plastic coated steel. What does your local council do with its scrap? May be worth a word.
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If I wanted that I could get it any day easily and for a pound or three or maybe free. Takes a bit of mooching but its there.
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Where? Can't find any round here. Then again, 'cos Telford's all zoned we don't have industrial units mixed in with the housing like we did in Hounslow. One of the very few things I miss about London is the better class of skip we got. On the rare occasion there's a skip round here that you can get at people put such rubbish in it.
Guy King wrote: > Where? Can't find any round here. Then again, 'cos Telford's all zoned
Next time you see a rag and bone man or a guy with a load of scrap get out of your car and ask him where is the nearest scrap yard.
What colour tabs you on? I've never ever seen one since the 60's
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We had one round here the other day. Only he went by too fast for me to go out and have a rummage.
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: > What colour tabs you on? I've never ever seen one since the 60's
they are about, my lord, but you must look carefully as they may not be on the old horse and car now. scrap metal is still big business today.
You never saw the R&B man where I lived,you just heard him in the jigger shouting,"Scrap Iron,Scrap Iron,Money for Scrap Iron".
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Round here it's "Owd Oyin". I should imagine he hails from Dudloi.
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