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10-10-2006
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Does anyone know where I can get a 3" diameter steel pole from? I'm after a round 1.5 -2m. Cheers  | ||
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| I get mine from near me as there is a farm below my house and after that is a metal steel place thare sell all types of steel when i got my pole for my 1.2 which is 3inch and 13 foot long i paid about £5.00 for it and then walk home with it through the fields  and the cow's where looking at me strange ,Just go to Yell.com the UK\\\\\\'s local search engine - search for UK businesses and type in metal or steel and see what comes up, Or take a tape and hacksaw which you find one in a quiet place  ,
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: DM7020S ~ DM500s ~ sg2100 ~ Gemini  If he were not a wizard, from head down to the root, you would have got to worry-your DB only boots | Try a steel stockholders. Or a scaffolders. | ||
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My System: TM1000D + card reader/ ART Sports/ 3x Zone2 Minidish/ Lidl 80cm/ Channel Master 90cm. | Thanks for the quick replies everyone Steve: I've seen in a nearby town the council using an old wheel with a pole welded on to create temporary bus stops, but it's a little busy  rd100: Blimey, I didn't think it'd be that cheap. I've seen a certain website trying to sell 2m for £60! Time to ring around, thanks for the link mhku: All the scaffolders I rang only had 2" poles, but I'm going to try the stockholders | ||
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| When i got mine it was there in the yard ready they gave it me for free as i said i will buy all my poles from them which i do now but they charged £5 to put a specail coating on the pole and still now not a sign of rust on the pole,
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10-10-2006
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hi i live in the north east and i got a 3'' pole 8 feet high with a 1 foot square plate welded on the bottom delivered £20, i got mine from a local workshop, before that i tried the local council and i went round the scrapyards but the thing is getting to the scrapyards just as they have been delivered otherwise its a case of '' too late mate they have all been cut up'' , but give the scrapyards a try all the same. | ||
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My System: triax 110,Technomate1500ci super,v-box,Jaeger 1224,Dragon Cam,Cas3,Digitalb card,Conax cam,Lots more in shed! | I paid a fiver for mine from a local steel merchant.I was told to ask for an offcut and give the guy money for a drink!!!The foreman cut me a length off(3 metres). Bargain. G | ||
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My System: Sky+HD Astra+Hotbird FTA on 60 cm dish | Try the streetlighting section they may have an old lamp column going spare that can be cut down to size. J
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13-10-2006
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My System: TM1000D + card reader/ ART Sports/ 3x Zone2 Minidish/ Lidl 80cm/ Channel Master 90cm. | The 'local' steel stock holder just turned out to be a front desk, and didn't hold any stock at all. They weren't interested unless I made a large order. However the local scrap yard say they'll give me a ring when they get some in. What wall thickness/size should I be looking for? The scrappy had a pole that was too short but it also looked rather thin, like 1-2mm, is that enough or does it need to be thicker? The dish is a Channel Master 90, with either a CM polar mount or a jaeger 1224 (undecided which). | ||
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13-10-2006
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My System: Several Systems around the house, x800 graphics cards mainly used for gaming so specs arnt a problem | A Steel Fabricator will have all different sizes of steel poles and can prob make you your brackets also, if u pay him cash, will prob make it while the boss is out for a few quid. Try looking under engineering companies also. | ||
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