[TowerTalk] Aluminium wanted

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

Got any scrap metal yards around ? We have one here and I can usually
find Panels for scrap prices.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:33:46 -0800
> From: jimlux at earthlink.net
> To: richard at karlquist.com
> CC: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminium wanted
> 
> Rick Karlquist wrote:
> > Jim Lux wrote:
> >> They want a bit more than $8 for some .090 thickness 3003 alloy.. roughly
> >> the same price as McMaster Carr..
> >>
> >> It *is* a commodity, so all the sources are going to be in that ballpark.
> > 
> > My experience with McMaster is that their prices
> > are all over the map.  Sometimes competitive, often
> > prohibitive unless you MUST have some item.  For
> > example, a screw with a slotted head might be
> > cheap, and the same screw with a Philips head might
> > be very expensive.  Long screws are much more expensive
> > per inch than short ones.  Sheet metal, etc is all
> > over the place in terms of $/lb.  Again you will find
> > that certain dimensions have a threshold where the
> > price suddenly goes way up.  You need to have the right
> > paradigm to deal with McMaster.  Be flexible.  Plan on
> > spending a LOT of time searching and comparing prices.
> > Maybe even change your design to work with what they
> > have.  I have done that many times.
> >
> 
> It also depends on what your time is worth.  If you're buying something 
> at work, and you're burning $100/hr burdened cost, spending an hour to 
> save $10 is a poor economy.  I think McMaster-Carr is well aware of 
> this. Their big virtue is that they seem to have an amazing variety and 
> fast delivery.
> 
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