I know there are only very few of us. But, I found a very economic supplier of tin in small qtys. Pie Safe Tin These guys sell the pie safe tin in 10x14 sheets for $2.40 each. If you use Country Accents (piercedtin.com), then the price for 10x14 is $4.30. Now the Country Accents guys may be your cup of tea if you have them also cut to size for you, but I am way too cheap for that. So, if you cut your own tin, check out the Kennedy guys. It is nice tin, I just japanned some this week. My guess is that is about .012 thickness.

McMaster-Carr also has the cold rolled sheet steel for a good price, but it always rusted on me before I could get to japan it. The tin plate doesn't rust.

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How thick is this tin Ty? Ive used very thin shim stock lately and like the thin stock but would rather use tin if I can get it real thin.

Bob, it is a thicker tin. The thickness is .012 or close. I was using .008 thickness tin, which was a thin stuff about like a lot of the originals. This may compare to the very first neff ferrotype plates. Shoot me your mailing address and I can send out a scrap piece to you.

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