Best Steel Bars
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"Great products makes great knife."
1095 is a moderately high carbon forging steel, in the annealed state.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"exactly what I expected."
"Very fast shipping very nice straight steel."
"Good steel easy to work hardened up good it tough knife I made from it."
"Got them for my husband and he likes them."
"I bought three 12" bars off Texas knifemakers two 1/8ths and one 1/4 thickness."
1080 is a moderately high carbon forging steel, in the annealed state.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I am very pleased with my 1080 bar stock."
"I stacked a few pieces on top of each other and ended up cutting and folding about four times."
"Dimensions are accurate, steel is strong, and item is as described."
Best Steel Wire
All of Southwestern Wire’s products are packaged for prompt, reliable and fast delivery. Hand looping and tying these off is made easy by using high quality domestic steel raw materials and the utmost standards in manufacturing.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Got here fast and exactly what we needed."
Best Steel Rods
The O1 tool steel grade has better machinability than A2 tool steel. In general, steels with higher carbon content have greater strength, hardness, and wear resistance, while those with lower carbon content have more formability, weldability, and toughness. Tool steels, which include most grades with a letter and number grade designation, have high carbide content for wear resistance, high hardness, and the ability to hold a cutting edge.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The 8mm linear bearings -also sold here- are a bit tight on these rods, but problem is easily cured just chucking them in a drill and running some scotchbrite pads or crocus cloth over them."
"I ordered and quickly received this offering of Tool Steel Round Rod, Polished Finish, Precision Ground, Annealed, Metric, 7 mm Diameter, 36" Length and since I am not using it for a precision CNC use I feel it is a good buy."
"Diameter was within typical mill tolerances for cold rolled bar (±.001" at most)."
"Good cheap steel rod for some custom projects."
"The ends seem to be cut with some sort of pressure cutter making them even more oval than the rest where i had to file down to even get a bearing on 1 of them....."
"The ends of the rods are cut with a shear."
Best Steel Tubes
In general, steels with higher carbon content have greater strength, hardness, and wear resistance, while those with lower carbon content have more formability, weldability, and toughness. Carbon steels, which include most AISI-SAE grades in the 1000 range, are classified by their level of carbon content as low (below 0.3%), medium (0.3% to 0.6%) and high (0.6% and above). Tool steels, which include most grades with a letter and number grade designation, have high carbide content for wear resistance, high hardness, and the ability to hold a cutting edge.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This hot rolled steel fit my hitches perfectly."
"Exactly what I wanted!"
"One star removed for fair amount of rust and corrosion on the steel but is fine for what I need it for."
"Works exactly as Intended."
"Needed some steel for a project - you pay a little bit more but on prime it shows up in two days and it ready to weld."
"Perfect, absolutely no surface rust!"
"A recent project required some 3/4" square tubing to slide over some existing square tubing."
"I used the square tubing to repair and old trailer and it works like a charm!"
Best Steel Sheets
The O1 tool steel sheet has been precision ground and polished, meets American Society for Testing and Materials International ASTM A681 specifications, and has a standard tolerance. Alloy steels, which include AISI-SAE grades in the 1300 and 4000 ranges and above, incorporate elements such as chromium, molybdenum, and nickel to modify properties like machinability and corrosion resistance. Tool steels, which include most grades with a letter and number grade designation, have high carbide content for wear resistance, high hardness, and the ability to hold a cutting edge.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Used it to make round cutting blades."
"Great steel."
"Great steel."
"Great steEl for the price."
"Was delivered wrapped perfectly in oil and checked out exactly to the measurements listed."
"I've bought this precision ground steel several times and I'm always happy with it."
"I am using this steel for blacksmithing so the quality is important and the characteristics are important."
Best Steel Angles
The A36 carbon steel angle with rounded corners and equal leg lengths has an unpolished (mill) surface, meets American Society for Testing and Materials International ASTM A36 specifications, and has a standard tolerance. Alloy steels, which include AISI-SAE grades in the 1300 and 4000 ranges and above, incorporate elements such as chromium, molybdenum, and nickel to modify properties like machinability and corrosion resistance.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's a piece of angle iron I bought to fabricate a bracket."
"metal came as advertised with no defects or rust."
"Good piece - no problems."
"Delivered on time and rust free."
"Arrived quickly and was 1/16th longer than advertised."
"Worked great for my need."
Best Steel Shims & Shim Stock
All Precision Brand shim products are manufactured under rigorous quality control standards to assure high accuracy and tight tolerances.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Works fine for several uses."
"I just needed one size originally but this was the best deal I found - I've since use som other sizes."
"This pack of shim stock is good quality and just as described."
"Exactly what I was expecting."
"Thank you for your great product and quick service!"
"Good selection of shim stock, but could have used a couple a little more thicker."
"work as advertised, good selection."