[TheForge] Re: TheForge digest, Vol 4 #690 - 11 msgs

Mon Oct 20 23:30:00 2003

I recall talking with Nick Vincent who said that the wire used in wire cloth
was 1008. You can get wire from the wire cloth maker in a coil. Nick sold me
some 1/4" round and said he could get up to 1" diameter round. You could
check in your area. I think his source was in York, PA.

Mark
Snow Hill, MD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas A. Troszak" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:41 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: TheForge digest, Vol 4 #690 - 11 msgs

> > From: "David E. Smucker" <[email protected]>
>
> > Have you ever tried or gotten your hands on some 1006 - 1008 bar?  I
think
> > it only comes round (feed stock for nails) but it would be interesting
to
> > try.
>
>
> Dear Dave,
>
> I called a couple of mills a while back and 1003 is available by the
> "carrier" which I think is about 3000# or so, up to 1/2" dia. round, but
it
> is coiled, so we would need to rig up a straightener. Do you have
experience
> with unwinding a coil of steel into rods?  1003 would sure forge and weld
> nicely. (drool)
>
> Tom Troszak
>
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