Anyone got any spare or have a cheap source? Doesn't have to be silver steel as I'm not hardening it but that's the most common steel in ground form. It does have to be c*ck on 3/8" though. J&L want a tenner a metre for it which strikes me as bloody crazy. I know steel has gone up in price but still. Lawsons are a bit better at £2 per 13" length but the carriage buggers that. I only need a couple of metres.
Try 3/8" brass then if you want a shock. Last year it was £9.20 a 10' length. Now it's £27.00
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I have to buy some 9/16" bronze soon but I'm putting it off to avoid the shock.
However to see just how much we're being screwed in this country I thought I'd have a look at the J&L American site for drill rod, their equivalent of silver steel.
That really does piss me off.
Yep!! Scrap is up too though obviously.
about £2k/ton from my scrappy yesterday. I make sure when doing brass work to clean the machine perfectly before and after any job even small ones now!
Wayne...
The J&L "Advantage" flyer which expires 17th March shows 3/8th Silver steel at £2.26 per 13" length Carriage £4.5 per order IIRC. The Metric Fine taps in the current flyer are I think a good buy together with the spin indexer at £29.95 all plus VAT of course.
In article , Dave Baker writes
Dave,
Precision ground mild steel is much cheaper than silver steel, and nicer to machine. It's available from lots of places, for example Maidstone
Sorry if this is out of date, been away for a couple of weeks.
David
Thanks for the info David. I'll look into it.
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