[Jewelry making - Article 00094] - Re: [Orchid] Source for iron

[Michael Honeycutt]

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    Larry, Are you asking for actual iron (Fe on a periodic chart) or
    just a source for brand new steel? The question is important because
    most of the stuff you'd find at a junkyard is steel. Steel is iron
    that was smelted in the presence of quite a bit of carbon and,
    depending on the type of steel, certain other metals like chromium,
    molybdenum etc... Believe it or not there are numerous sites on the
    web dealing with blacksmithing and these fine people are much like
    this Orchid group. They frequently interact and share ideas,sources
    of metals and information. In fact I found the Ganoksin website
    while doing research for a blacksmithing project I was working on.
    As for local sources check out machine shops in your area. Depending
    on your needs, say-you are looking for a bench block-, they will
    often have short pieces of what they consider scrap that would fit
    your needs very well. They will often give you small pieces or sell
    them to you for the price of scrap metal. It's usually not an
    expensive proposition. Another excellent source is local welding
    shops or fabrication services. The great thing about using other
    folks scrap is that, even if you don't usually hug trees for
    giggles, it is essentially recycling. Anyway a lot of legwork like
    this can be done by telephone. If you have a good idea of what you
    want it's usually pretty easy to obtain. 

    I'm afraid I don't have much different advice if you are actually
    looking for plain iron. The same folks that I've already suggested
    would be the ones most likely to send you down the path to Iron as
    well.     Mike 



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