MSIRawZ
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Hi Guys,
Mini proposal so hear me out. I'm looking at the possibility at getting a regular LN2 supply. Paying £50 a go on 20KGs of DICE including VAT & Shipping is OK, but for around the same price we can have LN2 4x a month or more.
I'm making reference to the last business I spoke to about LN2. Basically I need ideally 3 or more committed benchers who are willing to jump on a account with me for LN2. Doing it myself is quite expensive, maybe not as expensive as BOC and other companies but it would be easier if some of us could chip in.
The company I spoke to can deliver LN2 to Manchester every 6 weeks currently which isn't too bad. Contracts are based on a 12 month'er and charged each quarter via D/D.
A contract with LN2 supply every 6 weeks is £370 ex VAT p/year. That's £111 inc. VAT each quarter. If say 3 people chip in, that's £37 inc VAT each from each party. This is based on supplying up to 50lts of LN2. That should be enough for a weekends fun between 2-3 people provided we're not all doing something insane lol.
6 weeks is approx what? - LN2 supply every 1 and a half months. I very much doubt we can meet up every month to bench to make use of it. So what I propose is we go for a 12 week delivery contract which will be 50lts of LN2 supplied approx every 3 months (4x a year). I'm pretty sure we can manage a weekend between 2+ more of us every 3 months right?
So if we go for that idea, LN2 supplied every 12 weeks will be £290 ex VAT p/year. That's £87 inc. VAT a quarter. 3 people chip in, that's £29 each for 50lts of LN2 every 3 months for our meet-up. Cheaper than DICE and a whole lot better.
However with the contract and LN2 supply out of the way. We have two options. Buy a 2nd hard refurb Dewar or rent one from the company each month. If we rent a 50lt Dewar, sadly it's going to cost £50 ex VAT a month which puts a sting in the works. However, they have 2nd hand Dewar' available. They are second hand but tested by their engineers and checked as operating effectively but they obviously can't maintain a warranty for them. They have 40lt ones available for £150 each. So the more cost effective option would be to buy one of these 2nd hand ones. Of course the initial upfront cost will be a bit more since we'd need to chip in for the 2nd hand Dewar but once this cost is out of the way, we can go for this 3 month supply for £29 each quarter (if split between 3 people).
I'm definatly up for this, but I need to know who else is interested, seriously. We can't really carry on use DICE sadly, while it's decent, we ideally need some LN2 if we want to push this team further. Plus it's a great way to introduce new members to extreme cooling if they fancy coming up for the meetup every 3 months. I'll of course order in some extra 20KG of DICE if we run out of LN2 too quickly at these meetups.
It would be a great way either way to get together for some benching weekends and learn from each other, and help where needed. I'm sure it will be a top laugh.. lots of hardware, LN2, beer and 24/7 webcam lol. What's the worst that could happen?
Sorry for the long post, but I need to know who's actually down for this.
Mini proposal so hear me out. I'm looking at the possibility at getting a regular LN2 supply. Paying £50 a go on 20KGs of DICE including VAT & Shipping is OK, but for around the same price we can have LN2 4x a month or more.
I'm making reference to the last business I spoke to about LN2. Basically I need ideally 3 or more committed benchers who are willing to jump on a account with me for LN2. Doing it myself is quite expensive, maybe not as expensive as BOC and other companies but it would be easier if some of us could chip in.
The company I spoke to can deliver LN2 to Manchester every 6 weeks currently which isn't too bad. Contracts are based on a 12 month'er and charged each quarter via D/D.
A contract with LN2 supply every 6 weeks is £370 ex VAT p/year. That's £111 inc. VAT each quarter. If say 3 people chip in, that's £37 inc VAT each from each party. This is based on supplying up to 50lts of LN2. That should be enough for a weekends fun between 2-3 people provided we're not all doing something insane lol.
6 weeks is approx what? - LN2 supply every 1 and a half months. I very much doubt we can meet up every month to bench to make use of it. So what I propose is we go for a 12 week delivery contract which will be 50lts of LN2 supplied approx every 3 months (4x a year). I'm pretty sure we can manage a weekend between 2+ more of us every 3 months right?
So if we go for that idea, LN2 supplied every 12 weeks will be £290 ex VAT p/year. That's £87 inc. VAT a quarter. 3 people chip in, that's £29 each for 50lts of LN2 every 3 months for our meet-up. Cheaper than DICE and a whole lot better.
However with the contract and LN2 supply out of the way. We have two options. Buy a 2nd hard refurb Dewar or rent one from the company each month. If we rent a 50lt Dewar, sadly it's going to cost £50 ex VAT a month which puts a sting in the works. However, they have 2nd hand Dewar' available. They are second hand but tested by their engineers and checked as operating effectively but they obviously can't maintain a warranty for them. They have 40lt ones available for £150 each. So the more cost effective option would be to buy one of these 2nd hand ones. Of course the initial upfront cost will be a bit more since we'd need to chip in for the 2nd hand Dewar but once this cost is out of the way, we can go for this 3 month supply for £29 each quarter (if split between 3 people).
I'm definatly up for this, but I need to know who else is interested, seriously. We can't really carry on use DICE sadly, while it's decent, we ideally need some LN2 if we want to push this team further. Plus it's a great way to introduce new members to extreme cooling if they fancy coming up for the meetup every 3 months. I'll of course order in some extra 20KG of DICE if we run out of LN2 too quickly at these meetups.
It would be a great way either way to get together for some benching weekends and learn from each other, and help where needed. I'm sure it will be a top laugh.. lots of hardware, LN2, beer and 24/7 webcam lol. What's the worst that could happen?
Sorry for the long post, but I need to know who's actually down for this.
