Pallet of shim stock, good price?

[JRouche]

I can buy this eur-pallet of shimstock for 80 euros, is that a decent price or a screaming deal?
Thicknesses are down to 0.05mm (2 thou in inch) and to 0,5mm most seem to be unalloyed steel shims, there's a few stainless ones and a bunch of brass shims to boot.

Excellent price. I would buy the pallet. JR

[DR]

Amazon, 30 bucks, Brass shim stock assortment size: 6" Length x 4" Width, 0.001", 0.002", 0.003", 0.005" and 0.01" Thickness.

That's about what I bought 30 years ago. And it's flat and fits into my desk drawer.

[BCRider]

I guess I go through mine a little faster than some. Not a whole lot faster mind you.

I use a bit more of the thicker sizes as brackets and plates for smaller and model related projects. So .010 up to around .040 is a desirable commodity in my shop.

[ChazzC]

Put me on the buyers list if you decide to purchase the pallet!

[nickel-city-fab]

I recently came home with probably 300 or 400 horizontal
milling cutters. All from 4" to 8"+ diameter. All basically sharp.
I have no idea what to do with them. I have 3 horizontal mills
and really probably will only ever need 30 or 40 cutters to last
me a lifetime.
--Doozer

Maybe keep what you need and scrap the rest? Clean steel is crazy high right now, and you can easily make more than what you have into it.

[projectnut]

Shim stock is not all that expensive when purchased by the roll. Cold rolled steel is usually between $10.00 and $20.00 for a 6" x 180" roll. Used equipment dealers most often sell it for between 40% and 50% of the retail price. I bought a couple dozen new rolls from .0005" to .020" from an equipment dealer for about the same price more than 10 years ago. It does come in handy, but I'm sure I have more than a lifetime supply. Attempting to sell it on eBay or other online sites would be more time consuming than it's worth.

If you have a use for it the price is great. If you're going to purchase it and make an attempt to sell it good luck.

[DR]

Maybe keep what you need and scrap the rest? Clean steel is crazy high right now, and you can easily make more than what you have into it.

Is clean, scrap steel really high now? That's a question. How high is it? I'm asking because several places where I recycle brass are accepting steel scrap, but not paying for it.

[reggie_obe]

Is clean, scrap steel really high now? That's a question. How high is it? I'm asking because several places where I recycle brass are accepting steel scrap, but not paying for it.

High?
More like topping out at $200 per ton.

[DennisCA]

I collected them last night


Sorted by size, double stacked where identical size, the brass shim went down to .01mm and it was unopened, that's half a thou,