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Precision metal work

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  • 29-12-2012 9:48pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I am looking to have a piece of light metal cut into an exact disc, with some holes of various sizes cut into the disc. The problem is i dont own a drill press, right bits for the job etc..
    Is there anywhere in Galway city that would cut a piece of metal ( light aluminum is fine )to given dimensions for me for a reasonable rate?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 497 ✭✭Bugsy2000




  • Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭jogdish


    thanks! their site looks very professional! My task is just for a hobby thing im trying to make - would they cater to a simple job like mine ( i just have a piece of paper with dimensions, no autoCAD drawings etc.. )


  • Registered Users Posts: 497 ✭✭Bugsy2000


    They should do. I went in before with a bit of a cornflakes box cut to size & explained what I needed.

    They are at it for years so know their stuff. They'll take all jobs big & small I'd imagine. They weren't always as big as they are now but I can't imagine they'd turn any work away.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭Andrea B.


    Hi. Whereabouts are you in Galway? I know some smaller operators.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭desaparecidos


    jogdish wrote: »
    their site looks very professional!

    Sarcasm?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    Not so sure about Pat Rynn for precision work, they're more geared towards the heavy stuff. I got some plates drilled there a few years ago that were meant to have aligned tapped through-holes, they were all over the place :rolleyes:

    You could do a lot worse than drop into a few of the small engineering workshops along the Sandy Road (Tools and Prototypes, Galway Tool & Die spring to mind), they should be able to sort you out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    try gilltech in oranmore


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭jogdish


    Hey, Andrea B
    In the City centre.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭Andrea B.


    Hi. In that case I would agree with Mayoforsam's advice and go for the Sandy Road one. I do think Galway Tool and Die is gone.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭Fey!


    There's also Grp4 Fabrication in Ballybane.

    They specialise in motorsport items, but I think that they can also do other custom work. No harm in giving them a call.


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