Brit Ex-pat in France

[Mloc]

Hello everyone,
My names Richard,
I'm a returning lurker that has just bought a little peatol lathe from the bay hoping to do some turning/machining  for fun and parts fabrication for my little business.
 When I receive my lathe and tooling I will hopefully be asking all sorts of basic questions and showing some of my work
If anyone has any links to a good metals supplier that will ship internationally I'd be most thankful


Richard 

[Brass_Machine]

Hi Richard 

Welcome to the collective

I think you will find the answers to you questions here... including some to questions you didn't even ask 

What sort of business do you have?

Eric

[krv3000]

hi and welcume

[andyf]

Hi Richard,

Welcome to MadModder.

The problem with shipping metals is the weight and cost. I fly to Limoges or Bergerac (the latter in two days' time) but with Ryanair so baggage weight is precious or I'd bring you some.

I think we have other members who live in France, so maybe one of them could assist with suppliers there.

Andy

[Mloc]

What sort of business do you have?

Eric

I have a small engine chainsaw/mower/strimmer repair service that i run along side my property maintenance business, It's mostly parts swapping and re-threading/winding pull cords but I've passed over a couple of jobs that i could have made a custom fitting for with a mill or lathe.
Also I've been looking at playing with or re-purposing some of the old strimmer engines in to something useful ??? 

[mattinker]

Hi,

I too am an ex-pat Brit, I live just outside Paris, where are you?

I've used the following on-line supplier once some time ago for a couple of lengths of brass, the service was good and the price reasonable.

http://www.aluminium-laiton.com/default.asp

As I live in the near suburbs of Paris, I have access to large industrial suppliers so I don't have any other online addresses to give you.

Regards, Matthew

[Mloc]

Hi,

I too am an ex-pat Brit, I live just outside Paris, where are you?

Hi Matthew
I'm down in the haute vienne an hour above Limoges.
thanks for the link I'll have a look when i can and see if I can find something useful, I have a local builders merchant where i can but nuts and bolts for projects but he only stocks mild steel, which is good for practicing but sometimes you need a bit of brass or stainless and I don't really want to use up all my stock of 10mm Titanium bar

[Meldonmech]

Hi,
   Welcome are you near any scrap merchants, all sorts of things tun up, often the unexpected.

                                               Cheers David