[TheForge] steel supplies

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Sun Dec 4 08:46:58 EST 2011


When I get a chance I will stop by WV Steel and see if they have it. 
They seem to have everything else imaginable.

On 12/3/2011 6:57 PM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> Dave,
>
> The keystock is what I have been getting and is no longer available.  The
> distributer said that they didn't sell enough to justify stocking it. If we
> want it we would have to buy a hole mill run.  I'm sure that would be be may
> more than I would use in a lifetime.
>
> I guess the machine shops would have to buy it on line and have it shipped.
>
> I use it for handles on candle snuffers, they may be too expencive for my
> buyer with extra shipping. Time will tell.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
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>
> What are shops going to use for keystock?  Ask your supplier for 3/16
> keystock in 12 foot lengths.  Or go on line and find it, have it cut to 6
> footers and shipped to you -- will not be cheap.  Check machine shop supply
> houses in St. Louis or KC -- they should have it as keystock.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Ehrenberger
> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 9:38 AM
> To: Ries Niemi ; Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
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>
> Ries,
>
> I've been getting the 12' cold rolled, but now they say they can't get that
> any more.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:26 AM
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>
> Hot rolled, or cold?
> I havent seen 3/16" hot rolled since about 1978, out here.
> Its only been available as 12 footers of cold rolled where I live for a
> long, long, time.
>
> ries
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2011, at 7:11 PM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>
>> I was just informed by my supplier that he can no longer get 3/16 sq.
>> Apparently the mill wasn't selling enough of it and decided to quit making
>> it.
>>
>> Is this a reagonal problem or have the rest of you seen the same thing
>> where
>> you are?
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>
>>
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