[TheForge] Re: cold drawn steel

[Scott Lane]

>Well, now, that's interesting...My supplier tells me that his cold- rolled
>is definitely 1018, which I take to mean that it's a carbon/Fe alloy and not
>A36, whatever A36 happens to be on that day. I know some excellent 'smiths
>who use it for that reason. Can't tell the difference, meself, except that I
>think it welds a little better.

         You can get 1018 in either cold or hot rolled (have done so 
myself).  1018 and A36 are two different animals, regardless of final 
process.  The interesting thing is that 1018 is a composition based 
specification, where as A36 is a yield strength specification (i.e., they 
don't care what it's made of as long as it passes the yield strength spec).