[TheForge] Wholesale copper or cheaper

Sun Jan 13 02:19:00 2002

The last 32 oz sheet I bought was $4.00Cdn about $2.50 US Prices seem to move up and down anywhere from $3.00-$4.00cdn a lb. I buy most of my copper for $1.00 a lb or 0.62� US, The guys at my scrap yard save the good (new) or or that ever is on my wish list. I have one scrap yard that I use all the time and I try to treat them right, at first they came across as meaner than a junk yard dog, but I kept at it and we are now best of friends. When I take in my few hundred pounds of scrap iron, I through the money into their coffee fund. Peter, a piece of your work will open a lot of doors if given as a token of appeciation. Once in awhile I do have to buy new but for small runs it is often from the copper I buy at the scrap yard. The other thing I like about scrap is I see a piece and come up with an idea that may never be seen if I was just looking at a 3'x8' sheet.
regards Daryl
 Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer <[email protected]> wrote:

>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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