Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Metal selection 101

List,
Shorts racks at some steel distributors are a good
way to get known types of steel in small pieces.
Summerville (at least in Seattle) does this very
nicely. $0.40/lb for alloy, $1.00/lb for stainless
and tool steels.
Of course you take potluck but the stuff is
color-coded.
This disposal may be a local option but checking
SLC and the other Summerville outlets might yield
the same thing. EMJ doesn't have a shorts rack.
British Alloys has no way to process cash sales so
I just deal with Summerville.
As in so many things it just depends on location
and luck.

BTW - be careful about high sulfur steels (free
machining stuff) if you intend to heat-treat.

Dave