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Title: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: Mloc on June 19, 2013, 04:27:05 PM

Hello everyone,
My names Richard,
I'm a returning lurker that has just bought a little peatol lathe from the bay hoping to do some turning/machining  for fun and parts fabrication for my little business.
 When I receive my lathe and tooling I will hopefully be asking all sorts of basic questions and showing some of my work
If anyone has any links to a good metals supplier that will ship internationally I'd be most thankful


Richard 

Title: Re: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: Brass_Machine on June 19, 2013, 04:48:57 PM

Hi Richard  :wave:

Welcome to the collective :borg:

I think you will find the answers to you questions here... including some to questions you didn't even ask  :smart:

What sort of business do you have?

Eric

Title: Re: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: krv3000 on June 19, 2013, 05:52:30 PM

hi and welcume

Title: Re: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: andyf on June 19, 2013, 11:18:49 PM

Hi Richard,

Welcome to MadModder.

The problem with shipping metals is the weight and cost. I fly to Limoges or Bergerac (the latter in two days' time) but with Ryanair so baggage weight is precious or I'd bring you some.

I think we have other members who live in France, so maybe one of them could assist with suppliers there.

Andy

Title: Re: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: Mloc on June 20, 2013, 04:22:47 AM

Quote from: Brass_Machine on June 19, 2013, 04:48:57 PM

What sort of business do you have?

Eric

I have a small engine chainsaw/mower/strimmer repair service that i run along side my property maintenance business, It's mostly parts swapping and re-threading/winding pull cords but I've passed over a couple of jobs that i could have made a custom fitting for with a mill or lathe.
Also I've been looking at playing with or re-purposing some of the old strimmer engines in to something useful ??? 

Title: Re: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: mattinker on June 20, 2013, 06:08:55 AM

Hi,

I too am an ex-pat Brit, I live just outside Paris, where are you?

I've used the following on-line supplier once some time ago for a couple of lengths of brass, the service was good and the price reasonable.

http://www.aluminium-laiton.com/default.asp

As I live in the near suburbs of Paris, I have access to large industrial suppliers so I don't have any other online addresses to give you.

Regards, Matthew

Title: Re: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: Mloc on June 20, 2013, 03:25:59 PM

Quote from: mattinker on June 20, 2013, 06:08:55 AM

Hi,

I too am an ex-pat Brit, I live just outside Paris, where are you?

Hi Matthew
I'm down in the haute vienne an hour above Limoges.
thanks for the link I'll have a look when i can and see if I can find something useful, I have a local builders merchant where i can but nuts and bolts for projects but he only stocks mild steel, which is good for practicing but sometimes you need a bit of brass or stainless and I don't really want to use up all my stock of 10mm Titanium bar

Title: Re: Brit Ex-pat in France
Post by: Meldonmech on July 06, 2013, 04:23:17 PM

Hi,
   Welcome are you near any scrap merchants, all sorts of things tun up, often the unexpected.

                                               Cheers David