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Need a bit of lead
Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying
a huge roll? -- Mike W |
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Need a bit of lead
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Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? Local church ? ;-) sorry -- http://tinyurl.com/hhlr |
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Need a bit of lead
"chris 159" wrote in message ... visionset wrote: Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? Try a Scrap yard |
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Need a bit of lead
"visionset" wrote in message news Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? -- Mike W If you are in striking distance of Bromley I'll let you have some AWEM |
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Need a bit of lead
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:45:31 UTC, "keith_765"
wrote: "chris 159" wrote in message ... visionset wrote: Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? Try a Scrap yard Or find where the latest 'travellers' encampment is! -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by Avenue Supplies, http://avenuesupplies.co.uk |
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Need a bit of lead
visionset wrote: Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? -- Mike W Most local roofing firms will have offcuts, if you know any or just give one a call, it'll be cheaper than buying a roll |
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Need a bit of lead
visionset wrote:
Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? Go to a scrap dealer...not a car breaker type but one where metals are bought, they have masses of offcuts alkong with pipes etc....I took some yesterday, 60kg of copper = £75 and 30kg of lead = £15 |
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Need a bit of lead
"Phil L" wrote in message .uk... I took some yesterday, 60kg of copper = £75 and 30kg of lead = £15 £1.25 per kg - you were done! I got £2.39 the day before. -- Mike W |
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Need a bit of lead
"visionset" wrote in message news Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? If you are in Nth Kent (Medway) , I'll let you have a bit. There is an Email address on my website. -- 73 Brian www.g8osn.org.uk |
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Need a bit of lead
VisionSet wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in message .uk... I took some yesterday, 60kg of copper = £75 and 30kg of lead = £15 £1.25 per kg - you were done! I got £2.39 the day before. Yours was clean, ours had washer outlets, stop taps, brass fittings and clips all over it....if we'd had time to clean it up we'd have got more but we just wanted it out of the way TBH...the price was for 'brazey'...still it was £90 in the backsack :-p |
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Need a bit of lead
In message , visionset
writes Just need a piece 22 x 3 inch. How can I get hold of a bit without buying a huge roll? When I needed some weights to exercise last year, I bought the length (@ 3" wide) I wanted and they weighed it and charged me / kilo This was from my local building supplies round the corner -- geoff |
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