Bronze

[Batmanacw]

There is a piece of bearing bronze about 2" diameter and over 3 ft long sitting in a surplus store about 25 minutes drive from me. I've been passing on it for over a year. I know it's a good buy at $150. No way can I get it anywhere else for anything close to that price. I know I'll use it but that is a chunk of money to put on the shelf as stock.

I think it's time to bite the bullet.

I'm building my inventory of material because I believe their may be a time soon that material could be hard to get. Especially at anything resembling a really good deal. I look at it like a savings account.

Anyone share my ideas on stocking material?

 

[ddillman]

I do the same thing when I can afford it.

 

[Ischgl99]

I have been doing that for the past couple years and have a piece of brass about that same size I am looking to get for the same reason.

 

[benmychree]

What alloy is it? #550 is the normal alloy, but there are others that may be less usable.

 

[SLK001]

Anyone share my ideas on stocking material?

I do. I would have bought it a year ago. If you snooze, you lose is a creed that I live by.

 

[woodchucker]

There is a piece of bearing bronze about 2" diameter and over 3 ft long sitting in a surplus store about 25 minutes drive from me. I've been passing on it for over a year. I know it's a good buy at $150. No way can I get it anywhere else for anything close to that price. I know I'll use it but that is a chunk of money to put on the shelf as stock.

I think it's time to bite the bullet.

I'm building my inventory of material because I believe their may be a time soon that material could be hard to get. Especially at anything resembling a really good deal. I look at it like a savings account.

Anyone share my ideas on stocking material?

why not offer less, it's been sitting on his shelf, time to move it.

 

[NCjeeper]

I am always searching E-bay for deals on drops. Buy it on the cheap when you can.

 

[Batmanacw]

What alloy is it? #550 is the normal alloy, but there are others that may be less usable.

Part of buying surplus is the gamble I take by buying it and driving the 40 minutes to have it scanned with the XRF gun.

 

[Batmanacw]

why not offer less, it's been sitting on his shelf, time to move it.

I did offer less and he said no. That was a year ago.

 

[sdelivery]

There is a piece of bearing bronze about 2" diameter and over 3 ft long sitting in a surplus store about 25 minutes drive from me. I've been passing on it for over a year. I know it's a good buy at $150. No way can I get it anywhere else for anything close to that price. I know I'll use it but that is a chunk of money to put on the shelf as stock.

I think it's time to bite the bullet.

I'm building my inventory of material because I believe their may be a time soon that material could be hard to get. Especially at anything resembling a really good deal. I look at it like a savings account.

Anyone share my ideas on stocking material?

Yes, I believe higher quality materials will be carefully monitored/sold, if available at all.
The quality of the most common steels is fluctuating and it can be difficult to have confidence in its suitability. I believe lower quality materials will also become more difficult to aquire.
Some of the fresh new round materials I have seen act laminated and are barely round.