Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

Cheers...
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Ian wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

Cheers...

Standard reply realy "angle grinder"

If you use the fine kerf discs, 1mm, the heat generated is much less
and the paint hardly affected.

The cost saving will possibly fund a cut off stand/holder for the
grinder making the job even easier.

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Ian

wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube
ironmongery, this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone
recommend a firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting
list?

You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc. In
a stand. That's what I use for Dexion Speedframe.

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On 16/06/15 13:38, Ian wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

Cheers...


http://www.themetalstore.co.uk/services

Thanks all. Yes I was expecting the angle grinder replies, but will see what
www.themetalstore.co.uk can offer first (would like this to be a quick and
quiet job if possible!)


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Ian wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

I would have expected the West Midlands the sort of area where you could
find a local metal cutting place - just give them a list of lengths and
someone out the back will cut them for you. If you're more specific about
area maybe someone could suggest somewhere.

For instance, this is our local Cambridge one:
http://www.mackay.co.uk/metals-warehouse.html
but it's going to be cheaper to go to a local firm rather than pay postage.

Theo

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Theo Markettos wrote:

I would have expected the West Midlands the sort of area where you could
find a local metal cutting place - just give them a list of lengths and
someone out the back will cut them for you. If you're more specific
about area maybe someone could suggest somewhere.

Yes - it's the sort of job where a personal visit might get much better
prices than ordering over the phone, etc. I expect such places to take
pity on me. ;-)

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On 16/06/2015 13:55, Bob Minchin wrote:
Ian wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube
ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone
recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

Cheers...

Standard reply realy "angle grinder"

If you use the fine kerf discs, 1mm, the heat generated is much less
and the paint hardly affected.

The cost saving will possibly fund a cut off stand/holder for the
grinder making the job even easier.

One of these will also do the job even easier than an angle grinder in a
stand:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/evolution-...FdPKtAod3gUAJg

You should wear eye protection and gloves though since they spray around
quite a bit of swarf. You need to screw it to a workbench or to a piece
of plywood which you can clamp in a workmate.

I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about when I
was younger and could see what I was doing.
Brian

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"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
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Ian wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube
ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone
recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

Cheers...

Standard reply realy "angle grinder"

If you use the fine kerf discs, 1mm, the heat generated is much less and
the paint hardly affected.

The cost saving will possibly fund a cut off stand/holder for the grinder
making the job even easier.

In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about
when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

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In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about
when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

ASh - but it had attachemnts.

In article ,
Charles Hope wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about
when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

ASh - but it had attachemnts.

Which never worked properly here. Apart from perhaps a sanding disc.

Remember my second power tool - a B&D jigsaw. Perfection after the
attachment. Still got it somewhere.

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On Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:58:46 UTC+1, Charles Hope wrote:
Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.
ASh - but it had attachemnts.

The Stanley-Bridges Power Unit ("Don't just call it a power drill") boasted over 70 attachments. Saw wood, turn wood, drive screws, cut metals, spray paint, cut lawns, trim hedges, polish floors, buff, grind and do a 1001 other jobs.

£10 7 shillings and sixpence in 1964. attachments probably extra. At the same time you could buy 7 "Uneek" self-assembly kitchen units for £50 and Rawlplug were saying "while asbestos fibre filling compounds and wall plugs are ideal; for many fixing jobs, they have their limitations".

Owain

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about
when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

There were circular saws too.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

And the Electrolux vacuum came with a paint sprayer attachment you could
put on the "blow" end rather than the "suck" end ...

"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
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Ian wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube
ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone
recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

Cheers...

Standard reply realy "angle grinder"


I would say jigsaw.

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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about
when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

There were circular saws too.

As attachments. B&D anyway. It had it's own handle Same as sanders
with the cam thing which you attached to the chuck. You could
also get lathes.

michael adams

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Burns writes
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

And the Electrolux vacuum came with a paint sprayer attachment you
could put on the "blow" end rather than the "suck" end ...

And bury hairs as they found their way through the filter bag:-)



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Tim Lamb wrote:

Andy Burns writes:

the Electrolux vacuum came with a paint sprayer attachment you
could put on the "blow" end rather than the "suck" end ...

And bury hairs as they found their way through the filter bag:-)

I don't think my parents' one ever saw action.

"ARW" wrote in message
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"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
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Ian wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube
ironmongery,
this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone
recommend a
firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting list?

Total order size isn't huge (20-30m total length, cut into ~70 pieces).
Delivery to West Midlands.

Cheers...

Standard reply realy "angle grinder"


I would say jigsaw.

Circular saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about
when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

There were circular saws too.

As attachments.

As separate devices.

B&D anyway. It had it's own handle Same as sanders
with the cam thing which you attached to the chuck.

You could also get lathes.

Yep.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article
,
Ian

wrote:
Got a shelving project that requires a fair amount of 25mm square-tube
ironmongery, this sort of thing:

http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47

Don't fancy the blisters from doing it with a hacksaw. Can anyone
recommend a firm that will supply pre-cut lengths from a custom cutting
list?

You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc.

Cutoff saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

In a stand. That's what I use for Dexion Speedframe.

I use a circular saw in my own cutoff saw stand.

In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc in a stand.

Cutoff saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

But costs a lot more. And is of very limited use for most.

Many will already have an angle grinder. A stand is cheap.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote
Rod Speed wrote

You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc in
a stand.

Cutoff saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

But costs a lot more.

Nope, about the same for the cheapest ones that work fine for that.

And its completely trial to make your own stand for a circular saw too.

And is of very limited use for most.

Wrong, as always.

Many will already have an angle grinder. A stand is cheap.

A stand for a circular saw costs peanuts to make, just a
few bits of 25mm rhs and a couple of bolts is all mine is.

In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc in
a stand.

Cutoff saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

But costs a lot more.

Nope, about the same for the cheapest ones that work fine for that.

And its completely trial to make your own stand for a circular saw too.

And a steel cutting blade?

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On 18/06/2015 11:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc in
a stand.

Cutoff saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

But costs a lot more.

Nope, about the same for the cheapest ones that work fine for that.

And its completely trial to make your own stand for a circular saw too.

And a steel cutting blade?


I have a steel cutting blade in my mitre saw ATM.
25mm tube is easy as long as its not too thin.

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On 18/06/2015 11:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc
in
a stand.

Cutoff saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

But costs a lot more.

Nope, about the same for the cheapest ones that work fine for that.

And its completely trivial to make your own stand for a circular saw
too.

And a steel cutting blade?


I have a steel cutting blade in my mitre saw ATM.
25mm tube is easy as long as its not too thin.

I use metal cutting disks, then the thickness of the tube doesn’t matter.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
You know what the answer is. An angle grinder with steel cutting disc
in
a stand.

Cutoff saw with a metal cutting disk works a hell of a lot better.

But costs a lot more.

Nope, about the same for the cheapest ones that work fine for that.

And its completely trivial to make your own stand for a circular saw too.

And a steel cutting blade?

I use a metal cutting disk, costs peanuts.

On Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:58:46 UTC+1, Charles Hope wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been about
when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about all a
DIYer would aspire to.

ASh - but it had attachemnts.

I had the drill, and dreamt of attachments. Sawing was done by hand. Years later I came across a circular saw attachment and thought I'd try it out of curiosity. Utter junk. TCT is one of the rare good things to come out of that country in that era.


NT

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I had the drill, and dreamt of attachments. Sawing was done by hand.
Years later I came across a circular saw attachment and thought I'd try
it out of curiosity. Utter junk. TCT is one of the rare good things to
come out of that country in that era.

To be fair, they were excellent attachments at the time, in that nothing
else was available and they worked. Precision instruments they were
not, but for anyone who sawed every piece of wood by hand, a B&D
circular or jigsaw attachment was a joy. I had circular saw, jigsaw,
horizontal and vertical drill stands and probably others.

I still have my Dad's original single speed B&D drill, which only has a
few inches of cable, because he also had a hedge trimmer attachment :-)
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dennis@home wrote:
I have a steel cutting blade in my mitre saw ATM.

How much did it cost?

25mm tube is easy as long as its not too thin.

Any thickness of 25mm tube is no problem with an angle grinder with
suitable cheap disc.

Larger than 25mm will likely need either a larger angle grinder or cutoff
saw, though.

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wrote:
On Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:58:46 UTC+1, Charles Hope wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I was just thinking that. Oh I wish the Angle grinder had been
about when I was younger and could see what I was doing.

Older readers will remember when a mains electric drill was about
all a DIYer would aspire to.

ASh - but it had attachemnts.

I had the drill, and dreamt of attachments. Sawing was done by hand.
Years later I came across a circular saw attachment and thought I'd try
it out of curiosity. Utter junk.


Yup. That's what I found. Probably due to the blade blunting after a
couple of uses.

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