[bolger] Re: lead plate/micro keel
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flat lead plate in the correct thickness for an Oldshoe keel, 1 1/2" thick.
Prices quoted are wildly different depending on exactly how ordered. The
prices I was given are: 1) $1.50 / pound poured to exact shape and
thickness, mould made by the company from mock-up provided by purchaser,
antimony added for stiffness or 2) $.75 / pound for flat lead plate that
can be cut to shape by the builder.
Both of these companies are contractors that make radiation resistant rooms
for hospital radiology departments, and were found simply by looking in the
yellow pages under "x-ray". Perhaps such a company will be close enough to
you so that transportation will not be a major issue.
Regards, Warren
>It supposedly comes in a thickness ofCORRECT! I found several businesses in Miami, FL that will be happy to sell
>up to 3" and can be had in 1.5" width any shape you want. This sounds
>to good to be true. I have another student whose father drives a semi
>who will pick it up and deliver it to another parents place of
>business for free! Should I pinch myself, of wait for the other shoe
>to drop. This really sounds too good to be true.
flat lead plate in the correct thickness for an Oldshoe keel, 1 1/2" thick.
Prices quoted are wildly different depending on exactly how ordered. The
prices I was given are: 1) $1.50 / pound poured to exact shape and
thickness, mould made by the company from mock-up provided by purchaser,
antimony added for stiffness or 2) $.75 / pound for flat lead plate that
can be cut to shape by the builder.
Both of these companies are contractors that make radiation resistant rooms
for hospital radiology departments, and were found simply by looking in the
yellow pages under "x-ray". Perhaps such a company will be close enough to
you so that transportation will not be a major issue.
Regards, Warren
fellow boat builders,
Ok, here is a new one on me that I was not aware of until today.
one of my student's parents (fellow sailor) informed me that she has a
brother who deals in Lead Plate. It supposedly comes in a thickness of
up to 3" and can be had in 1.5" width any shape you want. This sounds
to good to be true. I have another student whose father drives a semi
who will pick it up and deliver it to another parents place of
business for free! Should I pinch myself, of wait for the other shoe
to drop. This really sounds too good to be true.
David Jost "It is either divine intervention, or I really have been a
congregationalist too long"
Ok, here is a new one on me that I was not aware of until today.
one of my student's parents (fellow sailor) informed me that she has a
brother who deals in Lead Plate. It supposedly comes in a thickness of
up to 3" and can be had in 1.5" width any shape you want. This sounds
to good to be true. I have another student whose father drives a semi
who will pick it up and deliver it to another parents place of
business for free! Should I pinch myself, of wait for the other shoe
to drop. This really sounds too good to be true.
David Jost "It is either divine intervention, or I really have been a
congregationalist too long"