Model Forum / General / Models / September 2006

I've found Folkstone Engineering ver good and a good deal on the P&P unlike
some others I've dealt with.  Certainly worth a phone call to check.

www.metal2models.btinternet.co.uk/

Steve

Not what you want to hear necessarily, but...

Don't buy short lengths unless you have no alternative. Go to someone like
Macready's :-

http://www.macreadys.co.uk/facilities/index.html

or look for steel stockholders in the yellow pages and buy full lengths. If
you buy more than 50-60kg at a time the price comes down further usually.

or look for "engineer's merchants possibly" to find a general engineering firm
on an industrial estate near you with a box of offcuts.

Mark Rand
RTFM

You're probably not that far from Macclesfield.
Macc Model Engineers Supplies Ltd are a friendly outfit.
Tel 01625 611800.

http://www.mallardmetals.co.uk/
They are very reasonable and will sell you any ammount you want, right
down to an inch long

or you could try

Metal Supermarket - Redditch
Metal Supermarkets - Livingston
Metal Supermarkets - West Bromwich
Metal Supermarkets - Manchester
Metal Supermarkets (Coventry) - Coventry
Metal Supermarkets (Gateshead) - Gateshead
Metal Supermarkets (Govan) - Glasgow
Metal Supermarkets (Manchester) - Manchester
Metal Supermarkets (Southampton) - Southampton
Metal Supermarkets Park Royal - London

They are not as cheap but have branches all over the place

Don

I live in Cheadle Staffs.

I often get steel from a local fabricator (only a mile from my door)

G Johnson Engng
Tel: 01538 756272
Park Hall Fm Adderley, Cheadle, Stoke On Trent ST10 2NJ

(they are usually open all Saturday and often Sunday

I never had much luck in Stoke - particularly small quantities, but I
have used Eggleston Bros in Derby. Note they close at 10 on Sat morning

http://www.egglestonbros.co.uk/

Also

Gratton Model Engineering
Whitaker Street
Derby
DE23 8FD
Tel: 01332 349799

Regards

Dave Burrage