[TheForge] Wire question

[Jerry Frost]

Mechanuc's wire from the local auto parts store is just a teeny roll of 
baling wire.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Wire question


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
>> The cancer warning may be for cadmium plate, or possibly for some other
> metal.
>>
>> I'd suggest you use baling wire.  It's low-carbon steel.  Given a chance,
> it will weld right onto the billet.
>>
>> Bruce
>> NJ
>
> OK, thanks. Baling wire had been my first choice, followed by rebar wire,
> but couldn't find baling wire at the local Agway (apparently they bale 
> with
> twine around here), and Home Despot isn't selling much in the way of
> construction supplies any more.
>
> I did find a source of some stainless steel wire, temporarily, as well as 
> an
> online source for later, if I decide that I'm really into making damascus,
> so I'm set for the moment, but I'm very curious as to exactly what's on 
> the
> stove pipe wire, that has California all up in arms ;-)
>
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> Blacksmith's credo.
>
> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
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