"whit3rd" wrote in message
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On Friday, June 22, 2012 8:04:22 PM UTC-7, LeeAtWork wrote:
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Or, go to a machinist with a real shop, and see if he can use nickel
silver (cupronickel) welding rod
for stock and churn out a few hundred automagically....

It's also known as Monel.

Welding rod is hard drawn, locally available and great for turning
small parts on a collet lathe, but it's made in only a few fractional
sizes.

jsw