[TheForge] Chasing and engraving

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Recently I was salvaging an old water heater ( I wanted to use the old 
taknk for a furnace shell) but found the real treasure was the soft 
sheet steel outer cover.   Large pieces of the softest steel I have ever 
worked.   It doesn't tear easily, but can be bent by hand.   Had to be 
at least twenty gauge.    

Charles


Jerry Frost wrote:

>Appliances like washing machines, fridges, etc. have very low carbon steel
>bodies too. It really saves on the dies at the factory.
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