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wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 16 10:42 am Post subject: Stainless steel (or possibly rigid plastic) mesh

I need some metal or plastic mesh as follows:

13 holes to the inch, or 7 to the cm. 265x382 mm (2 of)
39 holes to the inch or 17 to the cm 265x382 mm (4 of)

I have tried nylon mesh but it's too saggy. I need something more rigid. I can find the right grade of mesh, but it's too small to fit in the boxes. Obviously I can cut a larger sheet down. I'm not comfortable with aluminium for this purpose.

Incidentally, it's to put my meal worms on, so the eggs, beetles, baby worms and grown up worms are kept separate automatically.

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 16 10:49 am Post subject:
here you go Expect delivery on a massively oversize lorry

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8948
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 16 1:44 pm Post subject:
Most ceramics supplies companies sell spare mesh for "lawns" (ie sieves)

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 16 5:40 pm Post subject:
weldmesh. We have a near complete roll (used for chicken runs), but are too far from you.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 16 9:45 pm Post subject:

onemanband wrote:

here you go

Expect delivery on a massively oversize lorry

Bother, they can't do the dimensions I need.

Lorraine, weld mesh would be much too large. The holes I need are 0.5mm and 1-2 mm. My kitchen sieve is closer to 3mm (I could do with some weld mesh for the bottom of my quail run, but you're right, it's an awfully long way!)

I'll try ceramic suppliers next.

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 16 11:17 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

onemanband wrote:

here you go

Expect delivery on a massively oversize lorry

Bother, they can't do the dimensions I need.

............. The holes I need are 0.5mm and 1-2 mm......

You sure ?

Aperture size 0.46mm
Sold by square foot from 1.22m wide roll.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46244
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 12:06 am Post subject:
i happen to be sitting next to a bit of 3 by 2 mm hole flyscreen in stainless steel which might do for the larger size one .i need that bit but if you are stuck pm me and i will pop and have a look in our local hardware emporium ,iirc they had other sizes as well as other materials .

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 6:16 am Post subject:
Have you looked on Amazon?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15991

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 7:08 am Post subject:
Very fine meshes are made for silk screen work (they are usually polyester or wire these days). They must have a range of meshes one of which will suit you. Try to go direct to the supplier as art suppliers will probably only have the finer grades. Sorry I can't help further but I haven't done that sort of silk screening for about 40 years.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 10:14 am Post subject:
I was going to try these. You would want 10 or 20 mesh. I know it's not quite long enough, but could you leave 4cm at either end of the original draw bottom? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mesh-Woven-Stainless-Steel-sheet/dp/B00B6CBMR6/ref=pd_sim_201_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TK2Z3BQ0AVKCMW3QHVED

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 10:17 am Post subject:

onemanband wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

onemanband wrote:

here you go

Expect delivery on a massively oversize lorry

Bother, they can't do the dimensions I need.

............. The holes I need are 0.5mm and 1-2 mm......

You sure ?

Aperture size 0.46mm
Sold by square foot from 1.22m wide roll.

Oooh. That looks good.

(I am investigating the same thing as WW)

ETA: It's 35 mesh and 10 mesh.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 10:47 am Post subject:

Chez wrote:

onemanband wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

onemanband wrote:

here you go

Expect delivery on a massively oversize lorry

Bother, they can't do the dimensions I need.

............. The holes I need are 0.5mm and 1-2 mm......

You sure ?

Aperture size 0.46mm

Sold by square foot from 1.22m wide roll.

Oooh. That looks good.

(I am investigating the same thing as WW)

ETA: It's 35 mesh and 10 mesh.

I emailed and they replied and said they had nothing in 'them sizes' I found the whole website a pain, which is why I emailed and they said no (I did point out I could cut down larger dimensions)

Amazon and eBay have a couple of places with the right aperture sizes, but all in a4 sheets, which are too small. I've already cut the bottoms, so I need the right sizes. Gah, no wonder I everyone thinks I'm bonkers.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 11:02 am Post subject:
Ah, I didn't realise you'd already cut them. Could you put the A4 sheets in a frame and attach the frame to the bottom?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 1:23 pm Post subject:
Possibly. It would be much, much easier to buy sheets the right size, though. How hard can it be?!

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 16 6:09 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

I emailed and they replied and said they had nothing in 'them sizes' I found the whole website a pain, which is why I emailed and they said no (I did point out I could cut down larger dimensions)

Yeh their website does need some work - sods law it's always the bit you want that has no(or the wrong)description. Other than that and the massive lorries, they are a good resource for metal items. I mainly use for handrailing and gate parts. Their mesh accessories might be of interest to some on here - I recently knocked up a rooftop cat run for a customer using mesh and their clips and brackets.

You said nylon mesh is too saggy - what about supporting it in on a sheet of, say, 1inch steel mesh ?

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