armoredman
10-03-2020, 05:26 PM
I am lucky enough to have a Doe Run owned fabricator right around the corner from me, Seafab Metals Company in Casa Grande, who, in addition to things like radiation shielding and other industrial uses of commercial lead, manage to find time to make 92/6/2 for us casters in 25 pound strings or 62 pound pigs. The price fluctuates with the market, and when I looked last time it was well north of $2.60 a pound. Right before the end of the month I checked and it was $1.88. OK, time to squeeze the nickel until the Indian screams and the buffalo squeals. I picked up my 25 pounds cut up, only to find the chunks were WAY too big for my little Lee 10# lead pot. No problem they said they can chunk it up smaller, how about tomorrow. Sure. As I am about to exit the parking lot one of the office ladies literally runs out and say, wait, we found someone to do it right now. Well, awesome! The gentleman doing it brought it out and said if these aren't small enough, bring it back.
I took the box home...and they don't fit past the spout rod. NOW I feel like the worst customer in the world, as I took the box back on Friday. The reaction from Seafab? Literally, "You're the customer and if it isn't right we will make it right." I do have to say additional cuts are charged as a normal part, which I have no problem doing. The end result was perfect, and I commented I might be a customer, but I am the smallest of little guys compared to their usual big names. They shrugged and said again, "You're the customer." And I will be again.
Did I mention the perfect safety record they have on the wall for twenty, (20), years? No industrial injuries for 20 years - impressive. Very, VERY nice people, and they like casters.
Thank you for letting me praise the finest lead fabricators in the world, as the sign on the front of their building says, and I can believe it.
I took the box home...and they don't fit past the spout rod. NOW I feel like the worst customer in the world, as I took the box back on Friday. The reaction from Seafab? Literally, "You're the customer and if it isn't right we will make it right." I do have to say additional cuts are charged as a normal part, which I have no problem doing. The end result was perfect, and I commented I might be a customer, but I am the smallest of little guys compared to their usual big names. They shrugged and said again, "You're the customer." And I will be again.
Did I mention the perfect safety record they have on the wall for twenty, (20), years? No industrial injuries for 20 years - impressive. Very, VERY nice people, and they like casters.
Thank you for letting me praise the finest lead fabricators in the world, as the sign on the front of their building says, and I can believe it.