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Workshop grade? Semi finished? Low quality?

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vtsteam:
Thanks Pekka, that's very handy new terminology for me to know!  :beer:
As in, "My welding is workshop grade", etc.  :dremel:

Zadig:
I've never bought anything from RDG that was fit for purpose. I have thrown much of it straight in the bin as the return cost was a large proportion of what was originally paid for the item. Ironically, I was looking at their website last night and they are not as competitive on price as they use to be. I stopped using them a few years back when the quality issue became more than just "workshop grade". I like ARC too, they have neve let me down, I also go straight to China which has got better over the last years.

PekkaNF:
Zadig,

This was my second purchase from RDG and looks like last.


--- Quote from: Lew_Merrick_PE on May 10, 2015, 06:34:29 PM ---Here in the U.S., hrs merchant stock steel runs (about) $0.90/lb.  1 lb is (approximately) 3.5 in³ of material.  I have a standing "deal" with the local steel yard to purchase most of their 1 X 6 inch, 1-1/2 X 4, and 2 X 4 inch "drops" every month or so.  Because I am a "ready purchaser," last month's acquisition ended up running me $0.65/lb.  This solves a multitude of "tooling problems" for me and leaves me in control of the final product quality.

I would argue that building such a relationship with your local steel yard is very much a worthwhile effort.

--- End quote ---

I don't think that I get that good deal, sometimes I get a good price, sometimes I pay premium.

There is one junk yard few kilometres away. I had a day off and spend 100€ on steel and I got one 6 m bar of each:
1) dia 20 mm bright steel axle bar, cost me 26 € i.e. 1,75€/kg or 0,9 USD/lbs
2) dia 25 mm  bright steel axle bar, cost me 38 € i.e. 1,65€/kg
3) 25*25 mm HRS , cost me 32 € i.e. 1,09€/kg 0r 0,6 USD/lbs

The catch is that hot rolled steel you pretty much know what it is, but lot of steel bars are mystery metal.

I'm making some clamps of my own. One lay I'll buy some flat bars that will do this sort of stuff.

I machined these clamps and they felt very soft, even cheesy. Hope they will be good for something.....I don't use sinkers.

Pekka

PekkaNF:
Little milling and almost there.


Pekka

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