mcostello

How does that song go-" If it wern't for used steel, I'd have no steel at all."

Worked at a steel mill standing about 20' from a appx. 6" stream of steel coming out of the bottom of a ladle, hottest I have ever been. Also worked in several glass plants. 350° grease ran out like water.

I have a Sister that lives near there, She says it's so hot You will only need a fire the size of a match to 'smith with. Iron almost melts by itself. Never been there!

What a great name for a topic! Now to avoid having to post something in it.

Reasearch Alloys in Columbus is worth a look if convenient.

Gee whish I woulda had some one like that when I was younger...................

Did You see the post earlier in the forum about junkyards denying access to scrap piles? Better keep what You can while You can.

So many life lessons here!

I had a drum to cut the top off of. Had a "little" powder in it that smelled like peppermint, put a little water in the drum with only a peak of 1" or 2" diameter sticking out of the water. Started cutting  with arc welder and when almost done with only 2-3" to go I heard a whistle and lifted up My hood. A stream of sparkler type flames was coming out of the big hole in the lid. A couple of seconds after I lifted My hood a fireball about 6" in diameter came out and went up 2 or 3' with a big poof. No harm, no foul, next time the barrel will be filled to the top. The slag must have evaporated enough water to make it less than safe. Had a boss who asked a worker to cut a drum open and it took off His head.

StarGate Metals. Both places sell, not related just a happily scrounging customer. Edison Auto junkyard on Greenlawn ( I think) also has a small drop pile.

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Research Alloys is still there and still kicking.

AT 32 lbs. How many of Us would be slackers?  If You could last a month or two You would have an awsome build.

Burned walnuts in the woodstove last year and they burned like charcoal.

I had a junkyard offer below junkyard market prices because they thought the items were stolen, they were not. Just an excuse to get stuff below "low" junkyard prices. Another spin was it was alright to buy it if suspected stolen just don't pay as much. As an aside the junkyard had highway signs poking out from under the pile, asked them about people selling them and they replied ,"those kinds of people need to eat to."

At the time was NOT worried about much else. Never thought about collateral damage.

Was drilling a piece of tin while it was setting on My lap. Drill augered on in , with about 1 revolution. You WILL NOT get to see the scar.

Hit it with Your purse seems approprate now and then.

Why not join the claws and make a small adz that way.

Gee an old friend was driving a hay baler  in the field when He was 8-9 years old. At 10 years old He graduated to driving a fully loaded hay wagon on a public road.

If worse comes to worse, Would He have a spalted body. :o

If You could see Your coal pile from space, (You would be very lucky.)

I blackened a finger nail once at work. Went back to work after looking at it for a minute. Tried to lightly hit a center punch and missed, just a small "tink" on the same thumb. Almost drove Me to my knees. :blink:

Loooooooooooong distance animal castrator.

The way I found to clean them out was to use a more powerful magnet to attract the chips to itself away from the phone.Where to find ne? The most powerful magnet I have found so far was from an earing for non pierced ears. Scrounging is a helpful addiction.

On top of that He is probably going to forge some cold rolled,