Subject: Re: Rolling yer own? Cast Cut #1...

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 21:25:51 -0400

Steel is .2833 lbs/cu.in.  A 3/4"x4"x20" plate would be 17 lbs (with no
holes).  With modern steels, 1/2" would probably suffice and that's 11.33
lbs.  At $3.90/lb, you are now at $44.19. I think MPD's root is a mite large
because I've welded plates on anvils with 1/8" E6011 rods and a 3/8" root.
 That's 8.5 lbs of rod  - but I still think there is some sort of MIG process
which will work to do this - let's keep looking.

hollis