[TheForge] 1045 Steel (?)

[Peter Hirst]

Thanks Rob.  I put in a quote request on 4140.  Isn't that a chrome-molly 
alloy?  Should I be prepared for sticker shock when the quote comes back?

PGH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:44 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] 1045 Steel (?)


>I think that 4140 is available, and is a good substitute for 1045. 4140 
>will
> be a little more forgiving.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
> ---Original Message---
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:32:38 -0500
> From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
> Subject: [TheForge] 1045 Steel (?)
>
>
> I am having a terrible time locating a supply of 1045 steel (or 
> equivalent)
> in eastern Massachusetts.  Doesn't seem like it should be that tough an
> order, but my two old reliable sources were no help.  The sales people
> didn't even know what I was talking about, much less where to refer me.
> 1018 cold drawn was the nearest they could come up with, and that aint 
> gonna
> cut it.  I am making  garden tools (I have done the prototypes in 1018),
> like the ones that were made near here by Snow & Neally until a couple of
> years ago.  They are easy designs, and just require material a little
> tougher than mild steel, and after a little research I have determined 
> that
> 1045 is just about the stuff I want.  I can buy a shipload of it from 
> Earle
> M Jorgensen, but so far I havent found anyplace I can get a hundred feet 
> or
> so (of 3/8 round).  AM I asking for the wrong stuff?  SHould I be looking 
> at
> something else?  ANy Ideas?  Thanks.
>
>
>
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