I'm a hobbyist type machinist and I'd have to say I would have both! I live near the oil fields here in middle Calif. and I see alot of "sucker rod" (the rod you see on derks pumping oil out of the ground) as scrap. It's pretty good steel but on the tough side. You can cut it with HSS, but it'll dull the tooling semi quick, so I have carbide tool too to deal with it. I just find it more versatile to have both on hand to deal with what ever I use. |