[TheForge] steel supplies

[David E. Smucker]

I am sure they vary by location.  Ours tend to be square material -- about 
3/16 and much high strength than 1006.  These are what I call "yard signs" 
and we have lots of them -- even outside of the election cycle.  (Check with 
your highway deparrtment -- they hate these signs and collect them from time 
to time.)   In our area the stands for flowers used by funeral homes are 
round material (painted green) and also of higher carbon than 1006, 1008 or 
even A36.  Good stuff if it is free.  (For what is worth nail stock used to 
be 1008 -- but today most nail are much higher carbon so they work well in 
nail guns.)

Dave
Brasstown, NC

-----Original Message----- 
From: rfertner at cox.net
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 4:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] steel supplies

The signs out here use wire about 3/16 round. Being wire it's probably 
around 1006. The ones I got are super soft and weld up reasonably well.

Rob
Wichita, KS

---- Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> If it's any possible help, campaign signs are often mounted these days
> on thin steel rod, maybe 3/16".  It's probably mystery metal, and I
> think its smaller than 3/16" square, but it may be useful for some
> purposes.  And it's free (after election day, preferably!).
>
> -- 
> Bruce
> NJ
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