Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of aluminium?
needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately 9cm wide and a legnth
of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's in 2 pieces....

cheers!

Clive

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Frank Erskine wrote:
Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of
aluminium? needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately 9cm
wide and a legnth of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's in 2
pieces....

What's that in real dimensions?

B&Q sell aluminium sheet.

AIUI 3 metres is about 10 feet - B&Q metal sheets aren't *that* big
:-)

True, but perhaps if it is to be jointed more than one joint would be ok.

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In article ,
Frank Erskine wrote:
Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of
aluminium? needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately 9cm
wide and a legnth of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's in 2
pieces....

What's that in real dimensions?

B&Q sell aluminium sheet.

AIUI 3 metres is about 10 feet - B&Q metal sheets aren't *that* big
:-)

True, but perhaps if it is to be jointed more than one joint would be ok.

Might be a bit difficult to roll ...

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raden wrote:
Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of
aluminium? needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately
9cm wide and a legnth of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's
in 2 pieces....

What's that in real dimensions?

B&Q sell aluminium sheet.

AIUI 3 metres is about 10 feet - B&Q metal sheets aren't *that* big
:-)

True, but perhaps if it is to be jointed more than one joint would be
ok.

Might be a bit difficult to roll ...

Would be with even one joint? I'm curious to know what it's actually
needed for.

When someone says things like 'about 1mm thick' and 'about 9cm wide' and
about 3 metres length but a joint may not matter, accuracy ain't a problem?

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


Would be with even one joint? I'm curious to know what it's actually
needed for.

When someone says things like 'about 1mm thick' and 'about 9cm wide' and
about 3 metres length but a joint may not matter, accuracy ain't a problem?


Bodging-up the last piece of aluminium guttering?

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:44:06 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Frank Erskine wrote:
Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of
aluminium? needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately 9cm
wide and a legnth of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's in 2
pieces....

What's that in real dimensions?

B&Q sell aluminium sheet.

AIUI 3 metres is about 10 feet - B&Q metal sheets aren't *that* big
:-)

True, but perhaps if it is to be jointed more than one joint would be ok.

The OP said it doesn't matter if it's in 2 pieces. Ignoring the
overlap for joining I still haven't seen any ali sheets in (a very
big) B&Q anywhere near 5 feet long. (Apart from possible roof cladding
in the emporium).

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Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of aluminium?
needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately 9cm wide and a legnth
of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's in 2 pieces....

Try cromwell (google it) - free delivery too

Give us a clue where they are, google shows nothing



Well, I typed "cromwell" (without parentheses) into google.co.uk and
guess what the first thing that came up was (top item first page) ...

"Cromwell UK: Industrial Tools Supplier
.... Cromwell Online - Industrial Tools Supplier, ... UK). Cromwell is
the largest
independent Industrial Tools Supplier in Europe. ...
www.cromwell.co.uk/ - 15k - 13 Feb 2005 - Cached - Similar pages "

Didn't look very hard, did you ?


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Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of aluminium?
needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately 9cm wide and a legnth
of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's in 2 pieces....

Try cromwell (google it) - free delivery too

Give us a clue where they are, google shows nothing



Well, I typed "cromwell" (without parentheses) into google.co.uk and
guess what the first thing that came up was (top item first page) ...

"Cromwell UK: Industrial Tools Supplier
... Cromwell Online - Industrial Tools Supplier, ... UK). Cromwell is
the largest
independent Industrial Tools Supplier in Europe. ...
www.cromwell.co.uk/ - 15k - 13 Feb 2005 - Cached - Similar pages "

Didn't look very hard, did you ?

Now tell us where on that site you can find aluminium stock.

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Does anyone have any idea where I can get hold of some strips of aluminium?
needs to be about 1mm thick and I need approximately 9cm wide and a legnth
of about 3 metres...doesn't matter if it's in 2 pieces....

Try cromwell (google it) - free delivery too

Give us a clue where they are, google shows nothing

Well, I typed "cromwell" (without parentheses) into google.co.uk and
guess what the first thing that came up was (top item first page) ...

"Cromwell UK: Industrial Tools Supplier
... Cromwell Online - Industrial Tools Supplier, ... UK). Cromwell is
the largest
independent Industrial Tools Supplier in Europe. ...
www.cromwell.co.uk/ - 15k - 13 Feb 2005 - Cached - Similar pages "

Well cromwell aluminium stockholders turned up nothing obvious, but
then again despite your advice cromwell don't seem to do aluminium
sheet (or aluminium in any usable form) anyway.

Now look at http://tinyurl.com/57gan

Didn't look very hard, did you ?

Oh I did, but you obviously didn't




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Give us a clue where they are, google shows nothing

Well, I typed "cromwell" (without parentheses) into google.co.uk and
guess what the first thing that came up was (top item first page) ...

"Cromwell UK: Industrial Tools Supplier
... Cromwell Online - Industrial Tools Supplier, ... UK). Cromwell is
the largest
independent Industrial Tools Supplier in Europe. ...
www.cromwell.co.uk/ - 15k - 13 Feb 2005 - Cached - Similar pages "

Well cromwell aluminium stockholders turned up nothing obvious, but
then again despite your advice cromwell don't seem to do aluminium
sheet (or aluminium in any usable form) anyway.

Now look at http://tinyurl.com/57gan

Didn't look very hard, did you ?



How could you have looked - "google shows nothing"

It was the first link on the first page

try this link ... www.specsavers.co.uk/

I just said try them, I get some metal from there, I've never had to go
and buy aluminium

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raden wrote:

I just said try them, I get some metal from there, I've never had to go
and buy aluminium

I'm curious and so obviously as blind as a bat. But pray tell us what
metal sheet/rod/bar etc you get from www.cromwell.co.uk/

Do you buy it in expensive "tool shaped lumps" and forge it, draw it,
roll it etc so you can use it to make other things?



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I just said try them, I get some metal from there, I've never had to go
and buy aluminium

I'm curious and so obviously as blind as a bat. But pray tell us what
metal sheet/rod/bar etc you get from www.cromwell.co.uk/

Do you buy it in expensive "tool shaped lumps" and forge it, draw it,
roll it etc so you can use it to make other things?

I buy mainly silver steel

They're the cheapest supplier I've found

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