yea the no edit sucks, but i understand its reasoning.
thanks for the replies, i found a plastic former in tauranga and just waiting on quotes.
he's gonna get me prices on tubes and boxes.
i have also found the stainless at a bloody good price, $15/m for the outside tube.
where did you get your electronics from? i got a quote for $100 for all the required parts from Jaycar (for the Lawton circuit) and that didn't include the blox, knobs and all the stuff to make it pretty.