[TheForge] metal supplier?

[Adam Whiteson]

I bought a small quantity of H13 from Crucible not too long ago.   They 
charged $3.50/lb.  They sent me the wrong size.  (What the @#$%! do I do 
with a 2" sq bar of tool steel and no power hammer?)  And the order was 
short.  It took four phone calls and some yelling to get them to send me a 
makeup order.  It may be that they were not really set up for small 
orders  but they took my money (about twice the going rate for H13) and 
made a deal.  I wont shop there again.

I get my H13 and S7 from Carpenter  (www.carpenterdirect.com)  the round 
stock goes for about $1.50/lb  no minimum.

I did talk to Burgon Steel (sp?)  but they only had precision ground decarb 
free for very high prices.

Adam


PS  When I make a tool with H13,  I use tool steel just for the tip which 
is arc welded onto a mild steel body.  This is much more economical and 
also kinder to my hammer.

At 07:14 PM 8/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>     You might check with Crucible. We had 2 reps at our last meeting
>and they are getting into the drop business.