Re: Copper (was: Re: Some alternatives was BPE safety valve)
Online Metals in the States also sells in 1" increments and seems to have a good range. They're at http://www.onlinemetals.com/ Regards, Bede McCormack (did my re-intro make it to the group recently?) > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:39:11 -0400 > To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Copper (was: Re: Some alternatives was BPE safety valve) > > > You might >> be able to find a nearby supplier with that line-up or a similar one, or, >> in the worst case, I can point you to the companies I know. > > I've use Metal Express www.metalexpress.net for purchasing different metals > including copper. They have a flat shipping and handling charge of I think > $5.00 per order and you can purchase what you need in 1" increments. Sheets > like copper you can purchase in 1" square increments. > > Ray > > > >
Re: Copper (was: Re: Some alternatives was BPE safety valve)
Boy! I guess that I am going to consider myself lucky! There is a metal and pipe supplier near me (40 miles, but, then, that is the price I pay for living in the mountains) that has all the rems that I ever need. They have a shearing shop that makes large runs of copper sheet and there are times there are two and three square foot pieces of copper sheet just scattered all over! It really is an amazing place and I hate never having enough money to get all that I need or should I say want:-) Bob
Re: Copper (was: Re: Some alternatives was BPE safety valve)
At 11:10 AM 9/10/03 -0400, you wrote: >I was happy to discover a source for a variety of copper tubing and sheet. >You might be able to find a nearby supplier with that line-up or a similar one, >Steve Steve, What I maybe didn't explain fully was that I can buy full sheets and tubes of various gauges locally, no problem, but if I were looking for a few inches of tube and a small piece of 1/16" copper for a reasonable price I'd have as much trouble as anyone finding a local source who would be willing to sell that. I wouldn't have any trouble finding a place to nip a short piece of tube but the sheet stock would be next to impossible. One thing I've tried in the past is to ask suppliers of what I need in small quantity who their large quantity users are, thinking I can then go to those people and beg a scrap. I've not had much success there because the problem I've found is that very often suppliers are reluctant to divulge the names, but occasionally I get lucky. A few years ago I needed 3ft of 1/2" square thin wall steel tubing and couldn't find it except in a 20ft length with a $100 minimum invoice. So I asked them who their biggest user was and I called them up and asked if they ever had any scrap. The guys says yes, maybe 3 tons of it at the moment and you can have all you want, but I'm afraid 3ft to 4ft lengths is the longest we'll have. Imagine my disappointment. :-) Regards, Harry
Re: Copper (was: Re: Some alternatives was BPE safety valve)
You might > be able to find a nearby supplier with that line-up or a similar one, or, > in the worst case, I can point you to the companies I know. I've use Metal Express www.metalexpress.net for purchasing different metals including copper. They have a flat shipping and handling charge of I think $5.00 per order and you can purchase what you need in 1" increments. Sheets like copper you can purchase in 1" square increments. Ray
Copper (was: Re: Some alternatives was BPE safety valve)
Harry, I was happy to discover a source for a variety of copper tubing and sheet. It started when I happened to see "Metals" listed on the Web site for an industrial supplier who happened to be 2 blocks from my old office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Turns out they had what I'd spent months looking for - and more: copper tubing with wall thicknesses of 0.032" and 0.065" in sizes from 1/8" to 2 1/2"; copper bar stock, flat stock, and rounds; sheet copper in sizes from 12" x 12 " to 36" x 96" and thicknesses of 0.016", 0.021", 0.027", 0.032", 0.047", 0.064", 0.093", 0.125", and 0.188". (Of course, a 3' by 8' by 3/16" sheet of copper is going to cost you $1,230 plus shipping, but if you need it, you need it!) The surprising moment was when I was looking for a local welding supplier after we moved to Vermont. I checked one Web site and clicked on a link for "Our New Industrial Supply Catalog" ... and found exactly the same items displayed in exactly the same format with exactly the same prices. Looks like someone is providing an on-line storefront service. You might be able to find a nearby supplier with that line-up or a similar one, or, in the worst case, I can point you to the companies I know. - - Steve
