[TheForge] RE: Tool Steel

[Jerry Smith]

With all of these talks about global economic and the
steel industry, I still have 8,000 pounds of tool
steel sitting in a warehouse 100 miles away from me.
That is what I can relate to, what Mittal and other
International companies are doing is outside of my day
to day activites.

Happy New Years,

Jerry

--- Steve Smith <sos at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> It depends on demand in your area also. First, let
> me say that I do this 
> for a hobby, so I'm repeating what I've heard.
> 
> Here in New England the people hardest hit seem to
> be fabricators, where 
> materials cost is a high proportion of the
> customer's bill. Some 
> fabricators I know are doing more blacksmithing
> because the final bill 
> has a higher proportion of time, so materials aren't
> as high a 
> percentage. This doesn't mean they are raking in the
> money though.
> 
> I took a class a couple of years ago with some guys
> who do metal 
> building fabrication in the Lake Tahoe, Nevada
> region. This was maybe a 
> year after steel really went up in price. I asked if
> they were having 
> problems as a result of the increase in steel cost
> and they looked at me 
> like it was a really strange idea to them. "No, we
> just tack it on to 
> the bill". Lake Tahoe is a pretty rich area,
> apparently their demand was 
> high enough that steel prices didn't matter.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Viola wrote:
> 
> > Well none of you are setting a pretty picture
> about the future of self
> > employed blacksmiths. Still I suppose as we are at
> the lower end of
> > the metal trade scale we can always use someone
> elses junk metal. I
> > suppose all we have to do is raise our prices as
> suited.. then it's
> > the consumer that cops the cost at the end. Poor
> bastards! :o)
> > 
> > I couldn't even imagine what 1,9 million tons of
> steel would look like!
> > 
> > Stephen
> > 
> > On 29/12/06, Jerry Smith
> <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Guys,
> >>
> >> We should end this thread, unless we are forging
> the
> >> stuff.
> >>
> >> The tools that I buy now whether it be Sears or
> HF are
> >> pretty much junk these days. I think HF has a
> better
> >> return/exchange policy than Sears.
> >>
> >> I have my father, pre WW II, pre depression 1/2
> inch
> >> and 3/4 inch ratchet sets. They don't do all
> sorts of
> >> things like the new ones do, but they sure are
> strong.
> >> Probably cost an arm and a leg to make this
> quality
> >> today.
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >> --- Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer
> <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > respectfully;
> >> > It's scrap to them,
> >> > Garbage back in return...pf
> >> >
> >> > schade at acegroup.cc wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > On Dec 28, 2006, at 4:08 PM, Jerry Smith
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> Don't you guys know that Harbor Freight is
> the
> >> > >> ultimate in recycling America!.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Jerry
> >> > >>
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > scrap to them and scrap back to us.
> >> > >
> >> > > Bob
> >> > >
> >> > >
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