I didn't buy these for my TIG (wish I had one) but rather for raw hobbyist materials.
Buying stock single pieces of steel/brass/aluminum from K&S and the like is prohibitively expensive. I needed 1/8" steel wire/rod for making a cosplay sword for my daughter (steel reinforcement for the 3D printed plastic blade and tang - pictured: before sanding/paint). I thought I would have to disappoint her when cost of materials started approaching buying an actual rapier, but then I found these perfectly toleranced rods that were IDEAL for not just this sword but all kinds of projects.
I was a sucker for not looking at industry for solutions first. I got 1lb of high quality stainless steel (like 30 rods? I should have counted, I've used so many now it's too late to count), about 5x the material I need for the build for about 1/10th the cumulative cost of the K&S rods I would have thought to use.
These kick ass - just can't speak to the welding application ;)
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I didn't buy these for my TIG (wish I had one) but rather for raw hobbyist materials.
Buying stock single pieces of steel/brass/aluminum from K&S and the like is prohibitively expensive. I needed 1/8" steel wire/rod for making a cosplay sword for my daughter (steel reinforcement for the 3D printed plastic blade and tang - pictured: before sanding/paint). I thought I would have to disappoint her when cost of materials started approaching buying an actual rapier, but then I found these perfectly toleranced rods that were IDEAL for not just this sword but all kinds of projects.
I was a sucker for not looking at industry for solutions first. I got 1lb of high quality stainless steel (like 30 rods? I should have counted, I've used so many now it's too late to count), about 5x the material I need for the build for about 1/10th the cumulative cost of the K&S rods I would have thought to use.
These kick ass - just can't speak to the welding application ;)
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