Where I can get a small piece of steel to make a baseplate?

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Where I can get a small piece of steel to make a baseplate?

Post by Oig » Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:38 am

I need a tiny offcut to make a Strat pickup baseplate, maybe 3 x 1" (approx) and I'm in NYC. Anyone know? I've also posted in the wanted section, so if you have piece laying around lemme know. Thanks :)

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Re: Where I can get a small piece of steel to make a basepla

Post by kdanie » Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:43 pm

How thick of steel are you looking for?

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Re: Where I can get a small piece of steel to make a basepla

Post by sjperry54 » Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:05 am

I have heard of folks in the past using reciprocating saw blades or hacksaw blades for baseplates.

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Re: Where I can get a small piece of steel to make a basepla

Post by jacobyjd » Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:54 am

If you can't source it otherwise, you could always find a local machine shop--they generally carry all manner of metal stock, and would likely have cutoffs lying around.

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Re: Where I can get a small piece of steel to make a basepla

Post by autodoner » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:54 pm

Look on Ebay. They usually cost around $10.

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