Subject: Re: Tool Steel

From: [email-masked] (Raymond Coon)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:41:11 -0800

>Any suggestions for sources of tool/spring steels in odd sizes and small 
>quantities?  For example, I need a small amount of 5160 in 5/16 x 1 bar 
>stock, but can't locate a vendor which lists such.
>
>David C. Hufford
>
Find a truck spring manufacturer/re-manufacturer.  They sell their tail
ends, may give some away.  Any large city will have a company that makes
truck springs.  You could use scrap truck/car leafsprings, but I'm told that
there can be fine cracks in the metal.

R. Coon