B&Q Steel Tube
 

Hi All.

Before I start welding HandyAndy's chassis together I want to practise.
Has anyone used B&Q steel?

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9283760&fh_view= detail&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372015}/categories%3C{9372044}/categories%3C{9372218}/specificationsProductType=sheet_metal___tubing/specificationsSpecificProductType=steel_square_tub e&ts=1260536490200

Thanks

Pete

It would be fine to use for that purpose but its an expensive way to practice :eek:

Im sure if you try hard enough you will find some scrap metal from somewhere to play with

crumbs you can get a 6m length for that price.

Hi Pete,

as others have said , that will be fine to practice on but not cheap,
nearly £9 per mtr, wow i need to put my prices up:D ,

how about finding a local scrap dealer, i,m sure they,ll let you have some scraps of steel for some biscuit jar funds ;)
or some old railings etc from the garden :D

tho you are correct to practice , tho don,t forget if you do make a mistake you know where i am for a replacement bit, ;)

If anyone with one of my chassis kits needs a replacement part due to a mistake being made, i,m happy to supply a replacement part for the cost of postage.

cheers
andy

If you can make your way over to Bracknell I have a box of offcuts of angle that I bought to practice welding with. You are welcome to have an armfull if you want it. PM me if you want it and I will give you collection details.
Enoch (dave)

now thats what i call team work :cool: :D 2 builders with my flat packs working together, thats great to see from my point of view :)

i,ll go back to cutting some more steel now:o

cheers
andy

How much is a chassis at "£9.00" a meter (thieving,lying robbing, gypsy types.)

approx £378 just for the steel, without me cutting it :eek: :D

andy

Yours is a bargain then !

(Get out more !!!!!!):D

you,re right :eek: i need to get out more :D:o

cheers
andy

I've got some off cuts you can have, and I'm sure I could let you have a 2m length as well. Most of the off-cuts are pretty short, as I was quite economical with my cutting, but for practising joints they will be fine:D

Let me know, I'm only in Sutton, so could drop them off whenever.

Pete,

If you are driving down the A303 near Andover next week I have a load of off-cuts you can practice with to your harts content.

Cheers Ginge

i got some extra lengths from ebay when i didn't order enough steel from parker, was still dear but cheaper than b & q, and for me to order it from paker with delivery