Copper foil supplier

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jim burchett
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Copper foil supplier

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I am looking for a supplier of 1mil or 1.4mil copper foil sheets or rolls. Does anyone know of one? all i can find at Hobby Lobby and Michaels is 40ga or more too thick for the silhouette
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Re: Copper foil supplier

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Bullseye's foil is 25.4 micron, which equals 1 mil.
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Kevin Midgley
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Re: Copper foil supplier

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beware of the danger of slashing your hand to shreds should a roll of thin metal uncoil. You are looking for something called 'shim stock'.
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Edcosupply.com?
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Re: Copper foil supplier

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Try Online Metals at http://www.onlinemetals.com.
I've used them before and they have excellent service.

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Tod
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Re: Copper foil supplier

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I've had good luck with On Line Metals, too.
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Kevin Midgley
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Re: Copper foil supplier

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That online metals site is 3 times as much as a Canadian supplier of the same metals I was looking at. :shock:
However it was not the copper being searched for.
Google shim stock
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Tod
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Re: Copper foil supplier

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Admiral Metals (formerly Admiral Brass & Copper) might be worth a look if you want "industrial" shim stock. Both machine shops i worked for used them as a supplier when needed.
See: http://www.admiralmetals.com/
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