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12th March 2013, 10:05 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Drill Rod (silver steel)
Anyone know where to get drill rod or silver steel in Oz? I'm looking for sub-12mm diameter round. Forget Interloy. They only had 50mm and larger O1. Bohler's website lists a bunch of metals that I've never heard of. I suspect they will have a fairly hefty minimum charge too. I only NEED a short piece of 2.5mm for two wrist pins, but I could probably use some larger sizes for making boring and internal threading tools.
Chris
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12th March 2013, 10:07 PM #2
I have purchased 1/4" and 5/16" at Blackwoods, local Bendigo supplier (Abbotts Supply) also stock it.
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12th March 2013, 10:11 PM #3Senior Member
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Boyar Machinery, High St. Preston.
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12th March 2013, 10:24 PM #4
Hi Chris,
Any bearing/engineering shop should have it, that's where i get mine from.1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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12th March 2013, 11:51 PM #5
Could you use 'needles' (rollers) for needle roller bearings? You can get them in all sorts of lenths and diameters from bearing shops. I would have thought they'd be ideal for writ pins (gudgeon pins).
The other option might be the shanks of HSS drills.Cheers,
Joe
9"thicknesser/planer, 12" bench saw, 2Hp Dusty, 5/8" Drill press, 10" Makita drop saw, 2Hp Makita outer, the usual power tools and carpentry hand tools...
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13th March 2013, 01:18 AM #6Senior Member
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I've bought oil hardening from Bohlers in Brisbane, in 600mm lengths possibly. Their minimum cash sale was I think $60 so you may need to pad your order with other materials.
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13th March 2013, 07:06 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Gents, lots of options I hadn't considered. I've also found this eBay seller in England who sells 333mm sticks of English made silver steel in a range of diameters at reasonable prices with reasonable postage:
1 X 2.5 mm DIA x 333mm LONG SILVER STEEL ROD BAR STUBS LTD UK MADE WELDING | eBay
Not sure what the reference to "welding" in the title means tho.
I'll ring Boyer and my local bearing shop today.
Cheers
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13th March 2013, 08:04 AM #8Intermediate Member
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Hi Chris
Model Engineering Supplies in Tullamarine sell silver steel in 18" lengths, only imperial sizes so you would have to turn it down to size if you want 2.5mm dia.
MODEL ENGINEERING SUPPLIES
Or you could get a couple of dowell pins from a tool makers supplies like Hales in Braeside.
Hales Australia Tool and Die Supplies
Gary
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13th March 2013, 08:20 AM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Gary, I'll drop in to Model Engineering Supplies tomorrow. Perfect!
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13th March 2013, 08:52 AM #10Intermediate Member
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I'd Wayne a ring before you go as I think he runs the business part time from home.
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13th March 2013, 01:31 PM #11Senior Member
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minitech in brisbane is excellent for pricing, and very good to deal with for postal orders - they have a website as well.
I've also bought silver steel from McJing - they were slightly cheaper than minitech on certain sizes, but that was only because i was buying 1m lengths - typically minitech sell in 300mm lengths, but will cut whatever you want if you ask.
Des
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13th March 2013, 03:44 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Re: Drill Rod (silver steel)
Ok, thanks for the heads up.
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13th March 2013, 09:40 PM #13SENIOR MEMBER
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When I was last there a year or so ago, Mick Moyle's Engineers Supplies in Summer Hill, NSW had lots of small sizes of silver steel, about 12" long, but I can't remember if they were metric or imperial or both.
Rob.
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Round HSS
Hunted around for a while, and finally H&F were good enough to refer me to Hi-Speed Tooling in Welshpool WA. Their online catalogue lists round HSS bits from 1/8" to 1/2" and from 4mm to 12mm. Prices seemed fair and they posted my order off promptly. Can't ask more than that. Combustor.
Old iron in the Outback, Kimberley WA.
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14th March 2013, 07:03 AM #15GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks to everyone for the replies. I ordered a few 300mm sticks from Minitech last night. They have a large range of imperial and metric sizes at good prices. Also ordered a 100 x 1 x 25.4 slitting saw blade. I've been looking everywhere for one of those.
Chris
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