Hamond Times

Our big machines are now fully booked between now and the end of the year, and in fact, much of January is already blocked off. If you want parts in January, and you don't already have your orders in, you need to call John quickly.

I have more free machine time on the small machines, but even they are looking fairly busy until mid December.

Post-processors are processing our work fairly quickly and getting parts back to us quickly.

Parts in stock in support of an existing blanket purchase order can, as always, be shipped with only minimal delays.

As always, you can consult our salesman John for more detailed information. Call him at 416-998-0212

On the price front, I keep hearing that steel prices are dropping, but, while they dropped a bit in the middle of the summer, nothing much has happened since.

In the mean time, Copper is more expensive than it has been in years. That means Brass and Beryllium Copper (both copper alloys) are expensive too. So far I've had no shortage problems, but that could change (and has in the past when prices got this high - hording starts to kick in).

Plans are not finalized yet, but as the calendar looks, we likely will shut down for a week between Christmas and New Years. I'll know better closer to the event.