[TheForge] Little genie unloader valve

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On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:04:09 +0930, you wrote:

>After recent discussions on this list Im going to install an unloader =
valve
>on my compressor. This is the gizmo here at top of page
>http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/catalogpageview.jsp?xi=3Dxi&CatPage=3D2=
792
>I can get one here in Adelaide for $100 USD, which Im not prepaired to =
pay
>when they are listed by grainger as $33, thing is grainger want $55 USD =
to
>ship it to me, which is a joke, Ive bought a lot of stuff from the =
states
>and know it should be more like $15-20 USD. My question is, after all =
that,
>anyone know of a good online supplier where I can order one of these =
from?
>preferably somewhere that doesnt put markup on their freight charges :)

US freight sucks. I bought 3 feet of 5/8" Acme threaded rod for a
lathe crossslide replacement from Mcmaster-Carr in the US. IIRC the
postage was ~$US30 - for a well wrapped cardboard mailing tube over 3'
long. There wa aroudn $5 between snail mail and air freight, which
surprised me. For an unloader valve the size of your thumb, they could
post it for less than 10 US. Have you speified low cost freight -
otherwise they use Fedex and it costs.
Geoff