Thread: looking for sources of mild steel rods for axles
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David R Brooks
 
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Default looking for sources of mild steel rods for axles
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Try the hardware store, 3 ft lengths are a common stocked item.

If your h'ware store (you're in US, right?) is anything like ours in Oz,
the "steel" they sell is OK for fence pickets & the like, but lousy to
machine. Rough, black surface, & tears badly in the lathe.
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