[TheForge] scrounged hammer-treadle

[Andy Vida]

kim george wrote:
> 
> If what you're looking for is 2" cross section there's this. Go to a steel
> supplier that also buys out machine shops. I got a peice of heat treated
> 4140 1 3/4"X1 3/4" X 17" for about $20. They also had much larger drops
> both round and square (stock size not length). Many places that supply
> machine shops will have all sorts of interesting things in
> steel,brass,bronze,copper and Al..

	Or you can drop in at a few machine shops and see if they
	have any drops they are willing to part with.  You'd be
	surprised what qualifies as scrap.