5 x 100 seems the be where it stops, if you could come down to 3/16″ then that is available 6″ wide and M-machine will cut to length

Other option is 5mm sheet but not quite so nice to work with

On 19 November 2023 at 10:33 noel shelley Said:

A local steel stock holder may well cut this from an off cut for a few beer tokens or even give it to you to cut yourself. I take it you only need a short bit ? Good Luck Noel.

Anyone prepared to name a stock-holder who slices off-cuts for a few beer tokens?   Or a friendly scrappie?  They existed 50 years ago, but maybe favours were only possible due to old-fashioned methods: poor supervision, weak accounting methods, bad staff-relations, and cluttered premises with dark corners!

My local scrapyards are all razor wire and angry dogs: they buy metal but won’t sell it to the public, and they certainly don’t allow visitors into the yard.    My nearest metal sellers are all modern businesses, neatly laid out and organised so it would be difficult for staff to do anyone a favour!   They sell off-cuts and charge for cutting but it’s part of the business and everything goes through their computer.

All those wonderful junk-shops and government surplus outlets have long gone too.

Am I just unlucky here, or do beer-tokens still work elsewhere? Maybe there’s a masonic handshake…

Dave

Metals4U will cut 5mm to size without charge

https://www.metals4u.co.uk/materials/mild-steel/mild-steel-sheet/sheets/mss0050-p

Rod

Hey Dave, I’m not a mason and you must be unlucky !  The stock holders I use in Kings Lynn have a scrap skip and as they have the laser cutters running round the the clock there can be interesting offcuts. Such funds go in the tea box. Noel.