[TheForge] Suggestions needed for scroungeable steel

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Bruce:
I'd respectfully argue that a hard face on a treadle hammer is not 
desirable. A softer face will "stick" to a struck tool allowing greater 
latitude in alignment. With a hard face, more struck tools go flying to 
mysterious locations where they hide for years.    Pete F

Bruce Freeman wrote:

>I'm designing another treadle hammer, a lightweight job.  I want the ram
>to be 20#.  What would be ideal is square or roundstock of about 2
>sq.in. in cross-section (i.e., 2" square or 2.25" round) and about 18"
>long.  
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>Ideally, the material would be suitable for use as a hammer, with
>ordinary hardening & tempering.  Exotic materials not needed, but mild
>steel wouldn't be appropriate unless faced with tool steel (a
>possibility I'd prefer to avoid).
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>Since I prefer to design in scroungeable materials, I could use some
>suggestions as to sources of such steel.  The truck axles I've seen are
>of smaller diameter than this (though I've seen tractors with axles of
>3" dia.).  Track pins seem to be shorter than this - like 8" or so. 
>Anyone have any other suggestions - preferably of materials you'd have
>no particular trouble scrounging yourself?
> 
>Thanks in advance,
> 
>Bruce
>NJ
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