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| darthbane2k:
Admins, I would appreciate if you could make this a sticky. I am a pissed off digruntled UK Mame'r who is held off from completing his cabinet because of the lack of parts/tools available in the UK. There are plenty of Cab Plans around, many of which can be downloaded for free. But almost all of these refer to tools/parts/materials ONLY available in the USA or available in the UK under a different name/branding. So can we use this thread to make reccomendations as to where we UK people can buy such materials at a decent price. Im talking about easy to find places such as Focus , B&Q and Homebase and NOT suppliers such as swallow or happ who have minimum order terms and charge almost the amount of my mortgage for shipping. So i'll start things off. Does anyone know the alternative name/where to get the following in the UK: Clear Plexi Smoked Plexi Marquee Retainers Marquee Light / mounting kit Speaker Grilles - Can be bought cheaply from Maplin |
| Minwah:
You can get anything you need, it just takes a bit of research/time... Check this page, some work has already been done: http://www.silverfoxy.plus.com/UKinfo.html Plexi is generally called 'perspex' in the UK, and you can get it (clear at least) from many DIY stores (my local Focus has it, so should B&Q, Homebase etc.). For a marquee light you can just use a flourescent tube light, ~15w is fine. I've used Happ before but apparently they now have a |
| darthbane2k:
I think it would be more beneficial if all of the info is kept in a single thread. Eg Plexi = Perspex Edge Banding = Fablon Etc.. it can get confusing for 1st time cab builders. As for the independant suppliers - they do tend to be a rip off. Maybe we should suggest hight street vendors, where people can obtain these materials without paying a small fortune for shipping. |
| ultramagnus:
homebase sell plexi IIRC also, yes, the lack of UK supplies really pisses me off, gah, especially when stupid american postage is allmost as twice as expensive as sending stuff to the states >:( as for marquee lights, hmm, dont really know what that is, would a CCFL (cold cathod flurecent light, aka neon light) (like are used for car underlighting) be right? dont use maplins... they are overpriced.... and their customer service sucks badly... for stuff like that i use www.cpc.co.uk or www.farnell.co.uk |
| Silver:
as posted above I've got a few basic places listed on my site.... although not really for the "basics" like mdf/smoked glass/plexi... I've not updated it in ages, and I'm sure theres a couple more places I've got which do 2nd hand parts I could add. Happs UK is basically dead (they used to do stuff ok, without a |
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