Unable to find supplies of 3/16″ copper sheet

Unable to find supplies of 3/16″ copper sheet

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18 April 2017 at 10:00 #293863
John Lintorn
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Hi guys!
So I’m just setting off on my new project a 3″ Scale fowler DCC. The boiler drawings call for 3/16″ thick copper. The nearest Metric size to this is 5mm and the nearest wire gauge is 6 S.W.G. I have trawler the internet and come up with nothing. Any advice as to where I can get the copper?
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18 April 2017 at 10:00 #29702
John Lintorn
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18 April 2017 at 10:02 #293864
JasonB
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You will have to go to the nearest size up as it has not been sold in imperial thicknesses for some years.
18 April 2017 at 10:09 #293867
Roger Provins 2
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There some 5mm on eBay but located in Germany so postage will be quite expensive.

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18 April 2017 at 10:22 #293870
Anonymous
I've just bought a small slab of 8mm copper plate from M-Machine. They didn't have it in stock but found a supplier who had some and ordered it in. They list 3/16" and 1/4" copper, albeit POA. Give them a call.

When I was looking I found a number of commercial stockholders that had 3/16" and 1/4" plate, but almost none had the 5/16" plus plate I needed. You could also try Milton Keynes Metals, they list 5mm copper sheet.

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18 April 2017 at 15:35 #293914
KWIL
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John, You have a PM.
18 April 2017 at 20:37 #293963
Brian H
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Live Steam Models (LSM) list 3/16" copper sheet. Usual disclaimer.

Brian
18 April 2017 at 22:18 #293982
Chris Gunn
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John Hood list 5mm copper sheet.

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