Asking Local Shops For Material - It Works!

[ChandlerJPerry]

I've read posts on here discussing ways to get your hands on material, one of which is to make friends with a local machine shop and rummage through their cutoff bin.

I'm here to confirm that it works! For the price of a dozen Krispy Kreme and a handshake I walked off with this nice box of 4140, A2, and S7. I am extremely pleased.

 

[matthewsx]

Yep, I miss my local guys in Elk Rapids, need to find another source but I do have a lot of material already.

Oh, and....


John

 

[mmcmdl]

Have you seen the price of donuts lately ?

 

[ChandlerJPerry]

Have you seen the price of donuts lately ?

Pfffft, no kidding. At least in my city that dozen cost me a cool $20 after tax. Junk food is so expensive that I might just have to start being skinny to save money .

 

[ChazzC]

I gave my buddy a bottle of Jim Beam at Christmas plus a XXL Orioles Golf Shirt (after I lost those 90 lbs. I didn’t have a use for it).

 

[savarin]

smaller one/two man band type shops are best as I've found the larger establishments with missmanagements are too scared of insurance claims.
A couple of my suppliers once I showed them what I was making and bemoaning the fact that the larger companies wouldnt sell small quantities to hobbiests actually put up signs offering off cuts cheaply.

 

[m1kemex]

Here in Mexico there is no regulation preventing recycling centers from re-selling scrap. It's actually a nice trip to go there and see what you can find...

 

[mmcmdl]

Here in Mexico there is no regulation preventing recycling centers from re-selling scrap. It's actually a nice trip to go there and see what you can find...

For years , every time I went to the landfill I visited " Metal Hill " . Pulled out lawn tractors , mowers , bikes , machine tools etc etc etc . Always came back with 3X than I took up . The wife was quite aggravated to say the least , but I fixed and sold what I brought home . They have a strict no scavenging rule now , which is great for me . To this day , I eyeball stuff up that I'd be dragging home , but no room at the inn .