cable to make damascus

[leroyk3]

wow its been likeforeversince i found my back here! I would like some info on who is selling new quality cable
since ellis or what ever went out of business. In the past I got good plow steel cable from them. any help here
would be greatly appericated. thank you Leroy

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Ellis is now called Hightemptools . Same stuff available AFIK.
http://www.hightemptools.com/supplies-mainpage.html

 

[canofcorn]

I've gotten small quantities from http://www.webriggingsupply.com/pages/catalog/wirerope_cable/wirerope-intro.html before.

 

[Salem Straub]

uscargocontrol.com has EIPS wire rope up 1.5" dia.

http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Rigging-Supplies-Hardware/Wire-Rope?gclid=COH1x__ir7ACFWQQNAodJkq9Vw

Minimum orders of 25' though. Basically, look at online or local rigging supply places.

ETA, having done the math, looks like webrigging supply beats HTT and USCC. 10' of 1" EIPS cable to my door for about $70 total. That's not bad, three big billets worth for me. I've learned something here.

 

[Spectre]

I'm bidding on some soon. The last lots I bid on went for $940 and $1300.

Of course, aquisition price was something like $5600, so that was still a bargain.
John

 

[Spectre]

Just a FYI, if you're a potential high-volume user of steel, Government Liquidators sells "scrap" metal for the government.