[TheForge] Possible return of Pure Iron to the USA

[Jerry Smith]

Bob,
         It doesn't work harden. It has a better temperature range for the 
working product than steel.

Jerry

At 08:12 AM 11/7/2004, you wrote:
>I've never tried 'pure iron'. I did try to buy some at LaCrosse a
>couple of years ago but all that the guy had was like 1/8"x 3/4".
>This size material is already pretty easy to forge.
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>If the stuff is as easy to forge as everyone says you could save
>yourself some inventory by only stocking larger sizes. They
>could then be forged down for a project. It seems like 3/4"
>square/round, 1/2"x1"flat, 1' square/round, would cover most small
>shop purposes.
>
>Bob
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>On Nov 6, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Mark Williams wrote:
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>>I'm interested in square and round rod, but not in very large quantities. 
>>I'd like to learn more.
>>
>>Mark
>>Snow Hill, Maryland
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Rome Hutchings" 
>><rome.hutchings at theprairieismygarden.com>
>>To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:23 PM
>>Subject: [TheForge] Possible return of Pure Iron to the USA
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>>Anyone who got their hands on this material knows how wonderful it was to 
>>work with.  But, just
>>like many a good thing........the east coast importer stopped bring it to 
>>the USA.  While it is true
>>that it was expensive, but the ease of working with it more than made up 
>>for the cost in reduced
>>forging time.
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>>If there are enough people out there interested, the possibility of 
>>importing it are very good.  Right
>>now I have standing pre-orders for 5,000 lbs.  What needs to happen is 
>>this number has to be more
>>like 20,000 lbs in order to get a break on the shipping.
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>>So, if you are interested, please reply and pass this message on to 
>>others who might be interested.
>>
>>In the mean time, check out the link:  http://www.pureiron.com/
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>>Regards,
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>>Rome Hutchings
>>The Prairie Forge
>>13633 Ferman Avenue NW
>>Clearwater, MN 55320
>>(763) 878-1694
>>rome.hutchings at theprairieismygarden.com
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