[TheForge] Wholesale copper

Sat Jan 12 22:17:01 2002

At 12:09 PM 1/12/02, you wrote:

So here Buddy  is paying a couple of bucks per pound,
And I've paid as much as $8/# for smaller amounts.
Why does that seem excessive?
Fellow smiths, I respectfully submit that we are being screwed.....No?
......cranky Pete F

>I just bought about 700 lbs (thickness doesn't affect price per lb) 
>Shipped from
>Atlanta to me in South Louisiana was about $1.95 a lb with me picking it up at
>freight depot. Best I've been able to do locally was about $2.50. (3 by 8 
>sheets)
>
>Buddy
>
>Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>
> > At 11:50 AM 1/11/02, you wrote:
> >
> > Say Matt;
> > The 42 oz sounds to have enough meat to work..I sure like the stuff..what
> > does a sheet cost?
> > Do you carry silicon bronze sheets too?
> > My last question is, what's the relationship between  the market price of
> > copper by the ton and your prices?
> > .........Thanks , Pete
> >
> > >I work for Copper and Brass Sales...
> > >The number is 800 926 2600.
> > >
> > >Ounce to guage is as follows:
> > >36 oz - .048
> > >32 oz - .0431
> > >24 oz - .0323
> > >20 oz - .0270
> > >16 oz - .0216
> > >12 oz - .0160
> > >
> > >I believe there is also a 40 or 42 ounce
> > >but I don't have the specs in front of me.
> > >
> > >You may want to get a quote for an entire
> > >sheet (3' x 8' is a common size) to save on
> > >processing charges (assuming you need that
> > >much).
> > >
> > >- Matt
> > >
> > >>From: "Miller, Ray (GEAE)" <[email protected]>
> > >>Reply-To: [email protected]
> > >>To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
> > >>Subject: RE: [TheForge] Wholesale copper
> > >>Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 06:45:41 -0500
> > >>
> > >>I think roofing copper is 16 oz. and they make flashing copper that I
> > >>believe is 12 oz.
> > >>and that is weight per square foot.
> > >>
> > >>Ray Miller
> > >>Cincinnati
> > >>
> > >
>
>Buddy Holmes
>Prairieville, LA
>
>Waterfall Forge
>http://www.waterfalling.com
>
>
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