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It can be a huge pain if you don't have a source of known alloy pieces, though. When you don't know what material you have finding the middle ground between som
by causi 4y ago
It can be a huge pain if you don't have a source of known alloy pieces, though. When you don't know what material you have finding the middle ground between something that's barely held together and blowing holes in it can be surprisingly difficult as an amateur.
- johnwalkr 4y agoAny big box hardware store has a handful of steel sheet and L-sections, and a store called "Metal Supermarkets" is pretty common throughout North America which will stock anything a hobbyist welder could dream of, order whatever they don't have, cut to length, etc. There's cheaper, better sources but they are not always accessible to a walk-in shopper with a hand sketch.
- mcguire 4y agoFor practice, most welding suppliers/metal shops have a bin full of mild steel scraps and cut-offs that they may even let you have for free. (The one I went to even gave me a box for them.)
- mindcrime 4y agoif you don't have a source of known alloy pieces If you happen to have a high-school or community college nearby with a welding program, it would probably be productive to ask one of the instructors there where they source their practice material. When I was in high-school I think most of ours came from Horton Iron & Metal[1], the local scrap metal recycling firm. Probably many areas have something similar? [1]: https://www.hortoniron.com/ https://www.hortoniron.com/