[TheForge] Bed frame steel

[Dan Tull]

High enough carbon they make great corner chisels.



dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <PlumDon at aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:42 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Bed frame steel


> 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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