Went for a quick trip to One Steel here in Silver Water Sydney, looking for a 500mm length of gal pipe to knock up a sat dish holder for the back of our van.
Sorry Buddy, ( My Name is Jim ) So this Chappy Gives me this guys card who is just up the road.
Hi their how can we help you. I'm after a 500mm bit of gal pipe ID 33mm to make myself a Sat Dish holder for the back of our van. I'm going to mount it on a flat 6mm base with two fillets one either side and use U bolts to clamp it to our 75mm x50mm rear bar.
Where you heading the boss ask's .Up to Darwin ,down the West Coast and through the Never Never.
How many you need Oneeeeee. ok Twoooooo.
So Joe gets the young feller (30) to cut the pipe in two. then go's the hole hog and in minutes says will this do the job. Ho Sh...it this will cost. They make'm up in total.
I only wanted them cut in two. Well we got you two done total for Twenty bucks in the Poor Box...... Done Son Done.
I have no affiliation with Joe the owner, I asked him if I could menshion him to my fellow GN's and he was happy for me to do so. frgbag@bigpond.net.au
They do all fabrications in steel ,S/S, and Aluminium. Very handie for me.