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c1e2477816dee6b5c882 t1_j0ywdrx wrote

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The metal itself is so expensive!

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Tableau t1_j0z8rdt wrote

If you buy it at the hardware store. They mark that shit up crazy high. If you go to an actual metal supplier it’s much more reasonable

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reddof t1_j0zwtks wrote

This is incredibly important, but so easy for hobbyists to overlook. I had been buying metal at hardware stores and online for a while (I wasn't using much thankfully). I wanted to build a nicer welding table and needed thicker metal than I could find at usual sources. I tracked down an metal supplier locally. They cut some of the pieces to size for me and then helped load the plate into my truck. I went to pay and was bracing myself for the total. It was about 1/5 of what I was expecting. I was amazed at how much I had been overpaying. They get all my business now.

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Flimsy-Statistician3 t1_j0zizhq wrote

My dad also made a forge for relatively cheap. From there collecting scrap metal that people throw away or that you salvage from broken things becomes a hobby in and of it’s self.

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outflow t1_j0z15wr wrote

You got that right. I have many welding projects I want to get started on but I might as well just make it out of pure silver or gold, the way steel prices are lately!

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fkn51 t1_j1eivg9 wrote

You can generally find mostly free scrap metal from farmers or even check with scrap yards

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