Steel Suppliers

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Simon Hickie
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Steel Suppliers

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For my Omar Doc Mods project I looked at local steel suppliers. A couple of local ones stood out as offering excellent service for private customers such as me. Tamworth Steel Stockholders Ltd are excellent on communications but ended up being a bit pricy as they do not do 3mm flat plate in 100mm widths, necessitating more cuts of 50mm. Eggleston Steel Ltd in Derby are very competitive and turn round quote requests in about 24 hours. Their quote for my precisely sized pieces was less than I could have managed with fleabay offcuts or other bits.

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Good news in the end. Steel is not cheap.

Mine was free as i have loads laying about in the farm shed, most of it used. Buzz over with a wire brush on angle grinder and soaked in vinegar it came up like new .

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