la bala Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 I Dont know what went wrong with post, will try again. I havnt bought any steel stock for some time, what a shock. I ordered 3 metres of 50x50x8mm angle, I went to collect, that will be £80 please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 Used to walk into Midland Steel and forage through the off cut racks and usually walk out with change out of a tenner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, la bala said: I Dont know what went wrong with post, will try again. I havnt bought any steel stock for some time, what a shock. I ordered 3 metres of 50x50x8mm angle, I went to collect, that will be £80 please. jeesus that has gone up in price since i used to buy stuff regular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted October 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, ditchman said: jeesus that has gone up in price since i used to buy stuff regular I checked online Simon, thats the rate now, just pleased I was building a whole trailer. Just now, la bala said: I checked online Simon, thats the rate now, just pleased I wasnt building a whole trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) We do a lot of fabrication at work building conveyor's , For example a 2.4mt x 1.2 mt sheet of 2mm thick mild steel has gone up from £80 to £140 and box section together with all sizes of angle has gone up by about the same percentage and we buy in multiple ton lot's , One of the other companies on the estate does not buy much steel sheet and it is cheaper for him to order a 2.4 x 1.2 sheet with 10mm cut off both dimensions from the lazer cutter's than buying 1 sheet full size from a steel stockist. Even the rubber belting (About the same as used on shooting ranges) has shot up in price , All rubber belt comes from China. Edited October 29, 2022 by Andy H extra information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Hello, is it the the sign of the times or like some supermarkets ripping off customers, you can even buy steel off Amazon 🤔, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 2 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, is it the the sign of the times or like some supermarkets ripping off customers, you can even buy steel off Amazon 🤔, Do people still use Oxy/Acetylene for steel cutting ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretlurcher1970 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 I do . Is handy for big stuff or away from the work shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Ferretlurcher1970 said: I do . Is handy for big stuff or away from the work shop Hello, a friend's clearing his work shop and has one but only the torch, thought it might be useful to someone on PW , I'm sure I have some spare nozzles, not seen the torch but he looks after his gear, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 The trouble was you only had 3m the stockholder is lumbered with the other 3m leftover. £80 is about the price of the full 6m length of 50x50x8 so it looks like that's what they charged you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 30/10/2022 at 21:52, wyn said: The trouble was you only had 3m the stockholder is lumbered with the other 3m leftover. £80 is about the price of the full 6m length of 50x50x8 so it looks like that's what they charged you. Hello, you maybe right, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) Don't these firms have offcut racks these days? The times I have only needed four or five foot of some box or pipe ir angle and as said i used to go in and after clearing to go down the store I could select what I wanted, put it on the scales and they would give me a price, often under a tenner, cash sale. I used to wind the lady up at Midland by calling it scrap..."IT IS NOT SCRAP!!!!!! in a high pitched voice. Then she would realise I had done it before..... Edited November 1, 2022 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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