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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1050691" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>let me give you a hint.</p><p> </p><p>Look around and see how many foundries are left in your area. Winchester / Olin closed their big foundry in Indianapolis, and it's completely torn down last time I was over there. That place was one of the largest brass foundries on the planet. Now it comes out of Asia.</p><p> </p><p>The price of steel and brass have no relationship to the price of scrap metal. Raw ingots yes. Reason why is that most brass will not work for many applications, and there is an ever growing demand for bronze. Plus there's much more profit in bronze than brass. Then we get into the high end bronze alloys like Ampco Bronze. The demand for these is so high that several alloys have been discontinued due to a higher demand for others alloys. Steel is cheap compared to this stuff, and it's common to wait weeks for a bar of it. You have a raw ingot of steel or copper, and you start to build off it. There's heat treating involved, and when you finally get it into the molten state you can start making the alloy you want. You often will do this several times before arriving at the product you seek. Then you get to heat it again to form it into the raw shape your after. After that the manufacturing process starts!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1050691, member: 25383"] let me give you a hint. Look around and see how many foundries are left in your area. Winchester / Olin closed their big foundry in Indianapolis, and it's completely torn down last time I was over there. That place was one of the largest brass foundries on the planet. Now it comes out of Asia. The price of steel and brass have no relationship to the price of scrap metal. Raw ingots yes. Reason why is that most brass will not work for many applications, and there is an ever growing demand for bronze. Plus there's much more profit in bronze than brass. Then we get into the high end bronze alloys like Ampco Bronze. The demand for these is so high that several alloys have been discontinued due to a higher demand for others alloys. Steel is cheap compared to this stuff, and it's common to wait weeks for a bar of it. You have a raw ingot of steel or copper, and you start to build off it. There's heat treating involved, and when you finally get it into the molten state you can start making the alloy you want. You often will do this several times before arriving at the product you seek. Then you get to heat it again to form it into the raw shape your after. After that the manufacturing process starts! gary [/QUOTE]
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