I'm in western New York and if I order from MMC before noon, I get delivery
next day with no premium paid for overnight
.
----- Original Message -----
From: "jimlux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: <richard@karlquist.com>
Cc: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminium wanted
> Rick Karlquist wrote:
>> Jim Lux wrote:
>>> They want a bit more than $8 for some .090 thickness 3003 alloy..
>>> roughly
>>> the same price as McMaster Carr..
>>>
>>> It *is* a commodity, so all the sources are going to be in that
>>> ballpark.
>>
>> My experience with McMaster is that their prices
>> are all over the map. Sometimes competitive, often
>> prohibitive unless you MUST have some item. For
>> example, a screw with a slotted head might be
>> cheap, and the same screw with a Philips head might
>> be very expensive. Long screws are much more expensive
>> per inch than short ones. Sheet metal, etc is all
>> over the place in terms of $/lb. Again you will find
>> that certain dimensions have a threshold where the
>> price suddenly goes way up. You need to have the right
>> paradigm to deal with McMaster. Be flexible. Plan on
>> spending a LOT of time searching and comparing prices.
>> Maybe even change your design to work with what they
>> have. I have done that many times.
>>
>
> It also depends on what your time is worth. If you're buying something
> at work, and you're burning $100/hr burdened cost, spending an hour to
> save $10 is a poor economy. I think McMaster-Carr is well aware of
> this. Their big virtue is that they seem to have an amazing variety and
> fast delivery.
>
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