[TheForge] Wholesale copper or cheaper

Mon Jan 14 00:32:00 2002

At 11:17 PM 1/12/02, you wrote:

You are right Daryl; The junkyard is the first resort..a resort I like to=20
stay in and I get along fine with them. In this case I had a comission and=
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needed  a certain alloy in fairly thick stock, half a sheet. I paid through=
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the nose but the customer didn't whince....Pete

>The last 32 oz sheet I bought was $4.00Cdn about $2.50 US Prices seem to=20
>move up and down anywhere from $3.00-$4.00cdn a lb. I buy most of my=20
>copper for $1.00 a lb or 0.62=A2 US, The guys at my scrap yard save the=
 good=20
>(new) or or that ever is on my wish list. I have one scrap yard that I use=
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>all the time and I try to treat them right, at first they came across as=20
>meaner than a junk yard dog, but I kept at it and we are now best of=20
>friends. When I take in my few hundred pounds of scrap iron, I through the=
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>money into their coffee fund. Peter, a piece of your work will open a lot=
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>of doors if given as a token of appeciation. Once in awhile I do have to=20
>buy new but for small runs it is often from the copper I buy at the scrap=
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>yard. The other thing I like about scrap is I see a piece and come up with=
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>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=20
> 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=20
> stuff..what
> >> > does a sheet cost?
> >> > Do you carry silicon bronze sheets too?
> >> > My last question is, what's the relationship between  the market=20
> 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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