[TheForge] Bed frame steel

[PlumDon at aol.com]

Anyone have any idea what bed frames are typically made of? They spark test 
out with a fair quantity of carbon and will harden. I always assumed they were 
whatever junky stuff might be available but all the frames collected over the 
years consistently test out at relatively high carbon. 

I'm cutting some up to make shelf supports for steel stock not making samurai 
swords or the like. Just a casual concern about  cooling quickly in water 
after some mig welding. 

Kindest regards

Don Plummer
Plummer Design Works
392 Hallman Mill Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460
610-495-5058