[TheForge] Bed frame steel

[Larry Ruebush]

Don
As strange as it may sound, at least some are made from old railroad rail. I have a article around here somewhere that I got out of Ingersol Rand's magazine several years ago. In it, it shows how they split the rails and got the strips of steel that the  rails were bend from
Larry Ruebush
west central IL
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  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
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