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Re: All Ti'd up

To: shields@tembel.org, asenna@accessus.net
Subject: Re: All Ti'd up
From: STEADIRIC@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:17:16 -0500 (EST)
cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

>> Sorry I have not looked a the commodities page today, my guess would be
>> that it is not more than double the cost of steel.
>
>The cost of materials is only a portion of the cost of the final
>product -- production is a substantial expense, and steel is much
>easier to work with than most other metals.

6AL Ti is going for about $27.50 a pound. Stainless Steel is around 
$21/Lbs, Steel is around $19/Lbs and Al is around $12.50/lbs.  So you are 
only paying around 44% more for 6AL Ti than Carbon Steel. 


Later!


Eric Fletcher S.O.C.
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

STEADIRIC@aol.com

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