Re: [ATM] The results of my 1st 16" casting attempt.

["Thomas Janstrom" <thomas@moiler.com>]

Yep, no good reason, they even make it here (well the Schott glass anyway),
so importing it isn't the cause of the high price, the E6 is imported (as an
art glass for boro glass blowers) though, so I can sort of understand the
price being higher, but not this high!

Thomas.

-----Original Message-----
From: atm-bounces@atmlist.net [mailto:atm-bounces@atmlist.net] On Behalf Of
Richard F.L.R. Snashall
Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2007 9:00 PM
To: atm@atmlist.net
Subject: Re: [ATM] The results of my 1st 16" casting attempt.

Thomas Janstrom wrote:
>
>
> And yes, Pyrex is rather pricy over here in Australia, like AU$50 per kg
for
> E6 borosilicate glass, Schott Duran/Borofloat33 is only $45/kg! There is
no
> good reason for this other than this being Australia as far as I can see.
>
If I understood this correctly, Oscar has a price of about a half
a Euro per kilogram, while you have a price of $45AU per kilogram,
with an (just checked) exchange rate of about 10 $AU to 6 Euro. 
If true, that does seem a bit extreme.
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