[Drake] Replacement MS-4 Speaker Grille

[Tom Hammond]

Hi Jim, et al:

>Here are a few more:

For reference: I was asking for price quotes on a 3' x 4' piece of 22-gauge 
(paintable) carbon steel, perforated with 1/8" holes on a 3/16" staggered 
pattern.

>http://metals.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mechanicalmetals.com

This company asked $96 (less shipping) for a 4' x 3' sheet, and $95 for 
a  4' x 8' sheet..! The price differential being that they'd have to cut 
the sheet in two (unspecified cutting charge) for shipping.

>http://www.syrtech.com/perf_pics.php

This company MAKES perforated sheet metals for other vendors. They do not 
stock. If they made a custom sheet for me, just the machine set-up would 
run $300, before anything else was made.

>http://www.ametco.com/perforated/index.html

This company asked about $60 for a 3' x 8' (smallest quantity) sheet, cut 
in half ($15 add'l charge) so it could be shipped UPS, and about $15 
shipping. Total: c. $90

>http://www.directmetals.com/perforat.htm

This company asked 4' x 10' = $61.20 not including about $20 shipping.
They say they THINK they cold roll it up and put it in a shipping tube, if 
not, it might have to be cut (unknown cutting charge) and shipped flat. I 
was concerned about the metal takiung a 'set' of rolled, but the rep said 
that given the gauge (#22), he doubted it'd be much of a problem.

So... McMaster-Carr (previously referenced) still looks pretty good at this 
point (c. $27 for a 36" x 40" sheet, less shipping). I guess, if there were 
enough folks interested, someone (not necessarily me though) could order a 
large sheet, cut it into smaller chunks (enough for 2-3 failed attempts and 
ONE good one), and then parse it out to buyers.

Thanks Jim.

73,

Tom Hammond    N0SS