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Darren:
Hi Guys,

Bernd, David,
yes case hardened, I don'rt have any way of annealing it though.

John,
Leo Fixings, pretty good to deal with IMHO  :thumbup: One of the few companies that actually read their email and reply to them in short fashion.

On the lump, I'm just playing and learning really.
I wish I had somewhere I could just go any buy some new stock, but there is nowhere around here. I'm still trying to figure out who to order from.
Prices vary wildly and most don't quote on their websites.

Bernd:
Actually Darren you can aneal at home very easy. If you can you build a nice campfire, nice and hot, throw in the piece of steel and let cook. Then let everything cool on it's own. It should be a lot softer, if not you still could have cooked a burger or something on the fire. Another thing to use would be charcoal and a blower like you would use to melt aluminum if in a home foundry.

I think if you look on the interweb you'll find home made anealing ovens. Just a suggestion mind you. :)

Bernd

sbwhart:
Darren

What size bar do you need for this job I've got some nice free machining mild steel 30mm.

Stew

Darren:
Thanks for the offer Stew, with the cost of posting these heavy lumps it's becoming more than the material itself for small orders.

I'm going to try to get an order together for a small stock, just searching all my local options first. That is if I could find any.

The part here is 45mm dia, could prob just get away with 40, but 30 is just too small  :thumbup:

I'm shocked just how much metal has gone up in price, it's been a few years since I have bought any quantity, but I never remembered going "ouch" at the prices.
In fact I used to think wood was expensive, now it seems to have become cheaper?

Darren:

Oh ye of little faith

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