[modeleng] Re: Scrap metal prices

I guess we have missed the top of the market. I've got 3 engines finished, 
but the castings, boilers & other materials were bought when prices were 
much easier. Do I wait 3-5 years for things to pick up ? Your scrap brass 
will not deteriorate Jesse.

E.W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:33 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Scrap metal prices


>
> Wot hoppened AJ,
>
> Have the Chinese felt the pinch of dropping world money values????  I 
> don't
> know what the Meth addicts will do if they can't get a good price for 
> their
> stolen copper.  I suppose I will have to install burglar alarrums and 
> check
> on my ammo supply as they will probably start breaking into homes now to
> steal anything they can sell easily.  For a while they were stealing air
> conditioner units from office and store building roofs for the copper.
>
> I will just have to hang onto my several hundred pounds of brass scrap 
> until
> the Chinks start cornering the market again.  These are all defective
> castings I accumulated over the years when I was dealing with a foundry 
> down
> near Memphis.  They finally closed up, mostly because of poor quality I
> would imagine.  I get almost no defects in the castings I get from another
> foundry near Nashville.
>
> Jesse in slightly cool Troy, TN USA.
>
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