[TheForge] Marketing Pure Iron

Fri Aug 23 15:32:00 2002

That's exactly why I didn't buy the 5/8 pure iron, when I needed 3/4" X 1/4"
for my project. But, I really could have used the 3/4"  iron- and still can.

I do buy and scrounge junkyard steels. There are quite a few applications
where they are quite adequate, and if I'm playing, I don't mind the extra
fuel or effort. But, if I'm actually DOING something, then I want stock in a
size close to what I'm trying to do.

Phlip

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Pacheco" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Marketing Pure Iron

>
> I may be a hobbiest Blacksmith, but my Momma didn't raise no Idjuts! New
steel is cheaper than the fuel necessary to provide the heat to beat
"Free/Found" steel into shape.
>
> G. Pacheco
>  George Dixon wrote:That coupled with the unexplained
> trend towards making silk purses from sows ears, i.e., there seems to be a
> need by many of us to pick up old automobile crank shafts for $5 and spend
60
> hours heating and beating it into a 1/2 inch diameter rod for use in
making
> wall hooks that sell for 5 bucks. I don't know where this came from, but
> talk about false economy!"
>
> Amen,
> Lay it partly at the feet of the Weygers books.
> G Dixon
>
>
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