Melbourne: mandrel bends/general steel

[greenhj]

Dandenong Steel, on the enzed side of princes hwy dandenong, basically opposite the sth gippsland hwy entry.

Apart from the heckling about whooosh the guy there is good on price, and easy to deal with.

He also supplies most of the local exhaust joints.

[stockymcstock]

sweet. will be touching up my 3 inch exhaust in january and will need some 3 inch and bends.

[RotorBoy]

Can you put up what you paid for whatever you bought.

[Purple-Headed Love Truncheon]

thats just down the rd and around the corner from me ill have to go suss em out

[Com_VC]

Do they have much stainless there? After maybe 6m of 3" SS 304 and some bends.

[jmac]

I used to go to a place called 'skinner bending' just off charles street in coburg. They let me grab a number of 2-3inch mandrel bend 'oopsies' for a few bucks in the foreman's pocket that were fine for my purpose but maybe a small imperfection here or there and no good for their customers etc. Then everyone started going there and it got harder to get away with. I haven't been in a while, it might be a goer again?

[profi]

Darren does all our stuff, not a drama, highly recommend though a little our of town in melton.

http://www.darrendifilippo.com.au/exhausts.html

[[TUFFVQ]]

Have Dealt with Dandy steel before, cut me out a custom brace of 10mm steel plate for the rear k-frame for $20. Seem pretty good.

[aaron_hogan]

Can anyone recommend me a place to get a 13b exhaust flange? Needed asap. Melb any suburb.

[dougmo]

for very nice stainless bends, and sexy stainless also have a look at geordie

http://www.geordi.com.au/

[takai]

Any updates on this? Need some 2.5" tube and probably a single 180deg bend for the new exhaust in the race car.

Preferably somewhere northish, saves me having to wait for weeks between supplies.

[dougmo]

check the geordi, has what they have and prices, awesome quality too

[takai]

Geordi being in Cheltenham is a PITA. Anywhere else?

[TRD-RT81]

for very nice stainless bends, and sexy stainless also have a look at geordie

http://www.geordi.com.au/

phone /email order it's at your door the next day.

i use these http://www.geordi.com.au/Products19d.htm rather then flanges makes life easy just make sure you lock wire the wingnut.

other option is:

http://www.yellowpages.com.au/vic/th...6-listing.html

but cunts never have much stock of bends and prices are what they feel like on the day :/

[takai]

Hm, interesting, didnt realise they would do shipping.

As for flange vs ferrule, after having a v-band fail at Nationals and having to weld the exhaust together ill stick with flanges.

[methodmania]

I buy 90% of my stainless from Tubesales in Tomo. They are awesome to deal with. Ask for Phil, he does the best prices.

Otherwise, try Austral Wright in Epping.
http://www.australwright.com.au/prod...Tube_Bends.pdf

[TRD-RT81]

As for flange vs ferrule, after having a v-band fail at Nationals and having to weld the exhaust together ill stick with flanges.

Vbands are typically shit sheet metal things a ferrule is much beefier, only time one has let me down is when i did not lock wire it correctly

[takai]

Yeah, ill stick with the flanges, easier to pop new bolts in it.

[greenhj]

for future reference, Dandy steel is gone.

Anywhere else around SE suburbs that i can annoy about mandrel bends and such?