Cable Damascus/ Where can I find good Cable?

coldsteelburns said:
Chris, I actually live in Federal Way literally right down the street from Wild Waves theme park (walking distance) which is depending on traffic maybe 20-30 min drive to Seattle, I just say I'm near Seattle cause nobody knows where the heck Federal Way is LOL But anyway, All of this is Exactly the type of info I need, I'm really not that resourceful so this is great. I'm a bit confused about the whole being there to see sea foods (you mean act like I'm there as a tourist and for another reason other than lookin for free cable? lol. sorry if that's waay of what you meant )
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Nope. You'll drive to Pier 90/91. Which is a Navy owned pier used for commercial fishing vessels and also for Cruise ships sometimes. They don't allow tourists (except on cruise days they don't even check ID's), only folks on business. At the security booth they'll ask to see your ID (you should have it ready) and they will ask who you're there to see. You can say Kami, American Sea Foods, Carnitech etc (these are all companies who have offices/shops on the pier) Then the guard will either search your vehicle (they do this randomly) and let you in, or just let you in. You can then drive around the pier talk to folks at the difference offices and shops or go talk to the crews on the boats or whatever. I used to do a lot of work there when I was working as a fabricator on the boats. :D
It's a fun place to go see weather you get anything out of it or not. Or maybe it's a terrible idea, who knows?
 
coldsteelburns said:
hey elementfe, did ya see my reply? :)
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Yes, and thanks!
Just wondering if there's a standard "formula" for plow steel, or if it's a simple steel or what...not that it affects heat treat enough for the likes of me, as long as the 1085 heat treat works.
It's more that I'm idly curious what trace minerals it has in it.
 
I was told by a bladesmith in Amarillo that the cable from oil pumpers (the down cable from the head to the pump) was double improved plow steel, actually 1095. I don't know, but it makes nice knives.

Larry
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Wow, a lot of great ideas here. I've found that elevator cable works well, though it has to be cleaned. Take the elevator to the lowest floor, cut off 6 or 8 feet then use the stairs to leave. Moon.
 
You may find that some elevator cable has a rope core- not worth it. I've tried.

The nicest results I ever got, performance wise and clean welding, was seismic tension cable. That's music wire, or 1095 as best as I could find.

Plow steel is 1065. IPS, 1075. EIPS, 1085. EEIPS,1095. At least, that's what I've read several places.
 
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