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24th November 2008, 08:34 PM #1Senior Member
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Sourcing stainless strap
I wouldn't have thought it too much to nip out and buy some 5/8th by 1/16th stainless strap, or even a little sheet to cut the stuff from.
Guess again, I even went aournd to laser cutters and asked to search the scrap bin with no joy.
I need about 3 ft, anyone around the Perth area (preferably SOR) with some ideas where I can get some before I have to attack the kitchen sink with a hacksaw?
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24th November 2008, 10:21 PM #2
SS Steel Strap
Hey Darce,
At work we used to have some strapping gear called Band-it Strapping, I don't know where the boss gets the strap, I'll ask tomorrow and see, There might be some bits laying around in the Sea Container, do you need 3 foot on one piece??
HazzaB
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24th November 2008, 10:36 PM #3
This is a somewhat specialised product, likely not available from ordinary sources. Users may include heating and air conditioning contractors, warehouse/packaging operations and the like, who buy in industrial quantities for securing their final products. If you ask in a nice way, one of them may be willing to sell, or even gift, the small amount you need. Even better if you have a good story to accompany your request.
BTW, what IS your story?
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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24th November 2008, 11:05 PM #4Senior Member
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Band-it is good, but a bit light and too maleable. I think it's SS205 instead of SS306 which is what I need - I think.
The strapping is for rebuilding my wooden blocks (see Doing my block to understand my problem) and making a few new ones to use in fitting a boom vang to my boat. So you can see it will need to handle some strain.
As for my story Joe, it's a pisser, but a tad complicated for posting
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25th November 2008, 09:02 AM #5
Stainless Strap
Hey Darce,
Looked at your other post, There are two places here in Mandurah, that could supply what you need, possibly out of their scrap bins. Stainless Alloy Manufacturing or Bouvard Marine, they both do a lot of fabricating of SS for the Marine industry. I would suggest SS316 for marine use, SS304 is a little bit stronger but tarnishes quicker.
Hope this helps
HazzaB
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25th November 2008, 07:21 PM #6Senior Member
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Hazza, you bewdy... just the thing
I'm trying out some heavy clamping steel used for high pressure hoses, but I've decided to make one of the blocks with an outrigger for some wooden cam cleats I made. Should be much better than my current system of securing the main sheet to a standard cleat. I'm going to need some bigger stuff for that so I'll check them out Thursday (the missus' birthday gets in the way tomorrow)
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26th November 2008, 01:29 AM #7
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26th November 2008, 03:05 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Too bad you are on the wrong side of the country - I can cut & punch 16 ga stainless - OK, I may be out of 16 in larger bits but I have a heap of 1 & 1.2mm. I find 14 ga. (2mm) a bit of a struggle with my Beverley B2 shears so I have a big sheet of that under the back steps .
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