[TheForge] steel costs

Steve Smith sos at alum.mit.edu
Thu Oct 28 18:53:47 EDT 2004


I paid about 75 cents a pound recently (August?), but that was larger 
sizes. You pay a premium for smaller stock, and a couple of months have 
gone by--might be the right price.

Pretty amazing.

Steve

Frederick Faller wrote:
> Just went to get some mild steel (1/2, 1/4, 3/8 square
> hot rolled A36). Price is coming in about $.90/ lb. Is
> this reasonable? I know the price has gone up
> dramatically, but ...
> 
> Frederick Faller
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