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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:05:51 EST
- Sender: Woodworking Discussions <WOODWORK@IPFWVM.BITNET>
- From: "Lawrence E. Rondot" <RONDOT@IPFWVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Polycarbonate prices (was: Re: want to drill and thread holes)
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 21 Jan 1993 00:10:34 GMT from <hollen@MEGATEK.UUCP>
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- On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 00:10:34 GMT Dion Hollenbeck said:
- >>>>>> On Tue, 19 Jan 1993 20:44:27 GMT, gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz)
- >said:
- >
- >Paul> DON'T buy it from catalogs like Woodworker's Supply. They overcharge
- >Paul> outrageously for this stuff. Example: recently WS was selling
- >Paul> approximately 10X10 Polycarbonate squares for $19.95. Usually you
- >Paul> can pick up pieces like this out of the scrap bin at TAP Plasics and
- >Paul> pay $.50 a lb for it. 10X10" Polycarbonate at 3/8" thich would weigh
- >Paul> about 9 ounces...
- >
- >Well, maybe the TAP Plastics house is unusual. We have a few here and
- >I have been looking for 3/8" PolyCarbonate scraps on and off for
- >about a year now, and no soap. If you can find scraps, you are right,
- >the prices are no comparison, but if you price polycarbonate, you will
- >see that WS is right in line. A 2'x4' sheet of 3/8" polycarbonate is
- >$78. That is 8 square feet for $9.75 per square foot. You however
- >were wrong about the size and price. WS was selling nominal 12"x12"
- >pieces (measure out at 11 7/8" square) for $14.95.
- >
-
- Thats about $0.10 per square inch. I bought a chunck 8x10 three days ago
- at a local plastic company for $7.50 or $.09 sq/inch. Thats a pretty good
- comparison when you look at the handling required to cut up a large sheet.
-
- This place said that they don't have "scrap". If their customer needed an odd
- size they bought the next larger size and then it was cut to size. The
- customer got the scraps too.
-
- Too bad.
-
- >--
- >Dion Hollenbeck Email: hollen@megatek.com
- >Senior Software Engineer megatek!hollen@uunet.uu.net
- >Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California ucsd!megatek.uucp!hollen
-
- Larry Rondot
- Rondot@IPFWVM - or - Rondot@SMTPLink.IPFW.Indiana.Edu
-