If there is one thing that boils my wee its the statement by suppliers & shops, "Cant get those, they dont make them anymore".
Doing some rewiring on the boat & in need of some spade connectors to take larger wire, two local suppliers came out with the same statement.
Starting to believe them i looked online & there were the exact ones i need.
Couple of weeks back it was the same with something else, Im looking for a set of knife edge bed bars for a laser cutter, a local manufacturer who i know uses them said "We only supply those for our own machines" Two others said "Not made any more"
A fourth said yes we can supply those, 25 pieces of aluminium bar 16mm x 3mm 360mm long, they wanted £497 plus £120 delivery from China Plus vat of course. Even buying the alloy strip from an expensive supplier like metalstore is a fraction of the price so i will be making those myself!
Doing some rewiring on the boat & in need of some spade connectors to take larger wire, two local suppliers came out with the same statement.
Starting to believe them i looked online & there were the exact ones i need.
Couple of weeks back it was the same with something else, Im looking for a set of knife edge bed bars for a laser cutter, a local manufacturer who i know uses them said "We only supply those for our own machines" Two others said "Not made any more"
A fourth said yes we can supply those, 25 pieces of aluminium bar 16mm x 3mm 360mm long, they wanted £497 plus £120 delivery from China Plus vat of course. Even buying the alloy strip from an expensive supplier like metalstore is a fraction of the price so i will be making those myself!