[TheForge] Tool Steel--This should be OT I think

[Andrew Vida]

Craig Schaefer wrote:
> But you'd really need to sell a bigger industry on wrought or 'Pure 
> Iron' than just us hobbyists and artistic types.  Not enough market there.

	Precisely so.  You'd have to get the construction industry interested. 
  Boilers would be a good idea too.  Perhaps WI sheet for standing seam 
roofing would have a market.  How about plumbing?  Who needs galvanized 
crap when WI is available?  Not every application can use PVC.  Besides, 
one can always use no-hub connections with WI rather than threaded 
joints.  Many of the water mains in NYC are wrought iron and have been 
working well for well over a century.  Short of stainless, I can think 
of no steel that would give that kind of service.  Cast iron probably 
does, but the walls are 3x as thick.  Here's one place where hidden 
costs come in.