I visited my local scrap yard here in Stoke on Trent yesterday to check his stock of scrap steel plate. I managed to pick up a 3ft by 2ft piece of 0.275in thickness for £15 which I thought was a good price as steel nowadays, to buy from a stockist, is very expensive. Anyway, as I was looking around his goodies I espied a metal bender(folder) (aka ebay item 250967994329), a large lathe(aka ebay item 220930102668) and quite a few metal working tables(engineers surface tables) as in proper size and weight!!
On talking to the boss he did mention they all could be bought for the right price. He mentioned £300 for the folder which is cheap compared to those on ebay. He puts to one side any scrap he takes in that could be reused so he has a good selection of anything and everything.
If you are interested the yard is called:- F. McGuinness & Sons Ltd.Their telephone number is:- 01782817424. If you want to visit it is M6 to either J15 or J16 onto the A500 (D road) and turn off that at the Tunstall turnoff and it is just there off the roundabout. If anybody would like any photos taken of the items or prices asked just pm me and I will pop down and ask. It just seems a pity seeing them rusting away when they could be put to use by somebody in the business.
Cheers, Michael T
On talking to the boss he did mention they all could be bought for the right price. He mentioned £300 for the folder which is cheap compared to those on ebay. He puts to one side any scrap he takes in that could be reused so he has a good selection of anything and everything.
If you are interested the yard is called:- F. McGuinness & Sons Ltd.Their telephone number is:- 01782817424. If you want to visit it is M6 to either J15 or J16 onto the A500 (D road) and turn off that at the Tunstall turnoff and it is just there off the roundabout. If anybody would like any photos taken of the items or prices asked just pm me and I will pop down and ask. It just seems a pity seeing them rusting away when they could be put to use by somebody in the business.
Cheers, Michael T