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 Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 6:43:05 PM on 3 May 2012.
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 GTC
 Location: Sydney, NSW
 Member since 28 January 2011
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I reckon this Oz site should be on the Useful Links or Services page:

Silver Springs Metal Fabricators

"Home Based; Low Volume; Precision Engineering. We take on the jobs the big shops can’t be bothered with.

Turning
Milling
Sheet
Welding
Brass, Aluminium, Steel

- Custom Fabrication
- Repairs
- Re-Manufactured Parts
- Tools & Jigs

"Many vintage radios are now well over 70 years old; it is not only the electronics that deteriorate with age, the metal components rust, fall apart, break, or have just been lost over the years. Many of these parts are now hard to get new, or new old stock. Some people still like to make their own radios, amplifiers, and electronics gear; these need chassis, and these days, they are hard to get. We can help......."

http://www.silversprings.net.au/Product_List.html.
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 7:22:21 PM on 3 May 2012.
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 Brad
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 Location: Naremburn, NSW
 Member since 15 November 2005
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Done.

His stuff looks quite well-made.


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 1:46:01 PM on 25 June 2012.
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 Redxm
 Location: Tamworth, NSW
 Member since 6 April 2012
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 Postcount: 466

Excellent. Thanks for the link
 
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