[TheForge] Re: Odd size stock

[Patty Draper/Bill Robertson]

Mike , A good suggestion but we live in a small town that is the State 
Capitol, full of suits. Along with two universities, a junior collage and 
vocational school, full of young nubile women.  But not a factory or 
fabricator or neighborhood shear operator within hundreds of miles.    Bill
PS Why is it that those of us who make the effort to go the extra mile and 
reach for a higher rung on the ladder are labeled with all these unpleasant 
attributes.  I guess there are the Latanes' and there are the.... well 
...others....!   (grin)   Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:27 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Odd size stock


>
>
>> I "could" forge it out, but now it has become a challenge to find
>> it.
>
> Well then, Bill....
>
> If you live in or near any industrial stuff, scout around for products
> made in your area that have components made of stock close to the
> dimensions you're looking for. Then go to the back door -- the door
> where they pile Broken Stuff, take smoke breaks, spit and tell dirty
> jokes -- go to the back door of the company that makes it and ask
> about off-cuts, scrap, rejected product etc.  Talk to the lowest guy
> on the totem pole who has the authority to give you what you want.
>
> Consider sheet/plate of the desired the thickness, from scraps of
> which you or your friendly neighborhood shear owner could cut strips.
>
> I admit that this is a less productive strategy than it was a
> couple-three decades ago.  Now many plants have chainlink fences,
> armed guards at the gate if not on the scrap heap, locked steel doors
> everywhere, security badges and a cost accountant who has calculated
> the shareholder value of selling an ounce junk vs. putting it in the
> dumpster.  Don't bother with those places unless you have an inside
> man.  But it might work for you if there happens to be a more or less
> old fashioned biz that uses what you want.
>
>>  (Patty thinks I'm being anal).
>
> Stubborn, pig-headed and cranky?  Yes. But anal?  Nahhh...  :-)
>
>
> - Mike
>
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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