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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated May 3, 2000 relating to the financial
statements, which appear on Page 43 in the 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders of
Precision Castparts Corp., which is incorporated by reference in Precision
Castparts Corp.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 2, 2000.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated May 3,
2000 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in Item 14(a)2
of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Portland, Oregon
July 19, 2000
