Quote Originally Posted by Robin Hewitt View Post
Apologies for teaching Granny how to suck eggs. I'd be afraid to cut an £85 hunk of metal, you are very brave.
Hah, my current record for a single part is about £320. It was 1" aluminium plate.

Quote Originally Posted by cropwell View Post
Proops Brothers in Fleckney have 3mm sheet 250x500 (mm) for £35, but I don't know the grade. They also have a lot of cheap (and cheerful ?) bits for small engineering.
I went there once and got quite a few bits.. can't remember what but I'm sure it was useful!