DO YOU SELL FERROUS SCRAP METAL? (for milling projects)

That looks like my scrap pile.

John

Iggy:

I don't remember where you are located. New Jersey? If so reply by email and I can suggest a source.

Errol Groff

I am in Illinois.

In that case mentioning a place in Meriden CT probably would not be of much use.

Errol Groff

I know you attend auction sales, seems like machine shop and factory type sales. You should get a handle on farm and estate sales that are within a reasonable distance from your home. I have picked up hundreds of pounds of steel at such auctions. Same applies to estate type yard/ garage sales. Most farmers have a BIG stash of steel for repairs and building. Last year I loaded my 97 Dodge 3/4 ton with just about all the steel I wanted to put in the truck. Got it for $45.00. This was a farm estate auction.

Best regards, Paul in Central Oregon

There are many sources of "scrap" steel. The problem is that the pedegree of the stuff is unknown. You start to work and one piece will machine like butter, the next like a concrete block.

Years ago, I knew an old machinist whose reputation placed him in the forefront of his trade. Occasionally, someone would bring him in some pieces of steel they wanted him to make something of. He'd glower and say, "The blacksmith shop is up the street. Now get that damned junk out of here. If you can't afford new metal, you can't afford me." It was very simple. There was no way he could reliably turn out quality work from unknown material.

Now, there's nothing wrong with hacking up some scraps of unknown material for some non-critical project. We all do it. But, unless you spend some time working with materials of known and carefully selected characteristics, you will never learn to do good work.

Jerry

Very nice. i will check them out, though I generally had bad luck at estate sales (a lot of wasted time). I liked those bars. They were labeled as to the type of steel, a lot of 4140 and mold steel. (this is also an indirect response to another poster.