Best brass metal raw materials according to redditors

We found 25 Reddit comments discussing the best brass metal raw materials. We ranked the 15 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about Brass Metal Raw Materials:

u/FortuitousIdiom · 6 pointsr/Bitcoin

There's a mess of similar solutions. Just search Amazon for steel wallet crypto. For some insane reason they're 70-150$ Cheapest is a titanium wallet at 20 but you need to punch your own letters, set of punches costs another 20. With that amount of exertion blockplate is probably your best price/performance option if you want a commercial product.

If you're not averse to DIY and some effort just buy or borrow a Dremel Engraver (~$15-20) or buy the letter punches and shop around for a brass plate, ~$8 here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JDU1LCO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_dOZ9BbFGJ1H2C. Can be found smaller and cheaper. This way you have the tools to engrave/impress and can buy a few seed plates on the cheap if you would prefer not to keep all your eggs in one basket.

A more clever solution is to download this image of BIP-39 words, print it out, upload it to every cloud service and put it on every device. Then just engrave/impress the number attributed to the word on your backup. https://imgur.com/GT1StTL.jpg

u/537311 · 3 pointsr/Bitcoin

This is the best way in my opinion.
go here: https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/
select 24 words and hit generate. (don't try to get fancy and supply your own entropy!)

you'll get 24 words. Write them down on a piece of paper. better yet, go to amazon and buy this and hammer them into this

now, keep that somewhere super safe. maybe make two of them and dig a hole in your backyard and stick one in it.

also, stop using electrum. They use a different seed standard which doesn't work with other things. That seed will work with mycelium, Ledger nano, Trazor, etc)

cheers.

u/Nemo_Griff · 2 pointsr/lockpicking

Using pins is a great way to practice making pins. When you decide to start to try some fancy things, you will find the sizes are really limited. Brass rod stock is cheap enough and it gives you a lot more room to get crazy and make tons of fresh new pins with.

u/randombits · 2 pointsr/lockpicking

Amazon, eBay, wherever. Brass rod stock in specific diameters is a bit beyond what you can find at the Home Depot. Fortunately, it doesn't take much.

Here is some 3mm brass rod stock that works great for Kwikset and Schlage: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074W3W1B1

Technically, it's too big (.118 inches instead of .115 inches), but what's a few thousands of an inch between friends? ;)

u/Scrubmonk3y · 2 pointsr/lockpicking

You’re not bugging me at all! I know how it is starting out, and there is a lot to learn, so no worries. When I started I had a few really awesome people help me, and I just want to pass it on.
Unfortunately that kit only comes with the key pins, and a few keys that are already cut to the new key pins that would be placed in sequential order. If you want cheap pins I’d look on that website, or if you have a Dremel you can buy these: 3mm Brass Round Rod, Favordrory 20PCS Brass Round Rods Lathe Bar Stock, 3mm in Diameter 100mm in Length https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H1C4888/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_rM3gDb24KJ9ZE these are brass rods that can be fashioned into pins. Driver, or key pins. But fair warning, they won’t work on American locks, Master lock, and maybe one or two other brands. But you can look up what size mm the Schlage takes, or kwikset, etc...
That Bosnian Bill video on turning pins for a CL is pretty much what you’d be doing with the brass rods, but you can just cut them to length. You’ll need a set of needle files ~$6-$8 US (sorry, I’m not up on US Canadian currency exchange rates) and you’d use them to cut yourself some new driver pins, or make a serration, etc...

u/wietoolow · 2 pointsr/Marijuana
u/daytona955i · 2 pointsr/CompetitionShooting

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JP6DIG

Needs a little polishing on the ends, but it's a great squib rod for 9mm and up. I might cut mine down to 8-10" instead of a foot long, but you don't want to go too short and hit your barrel with a hammer either.

u/nimrod1109 · 2 pointsr/austinguns

Brass is softer then the steel in your barrel. It will not scratch or damage the rifling.

A 9mm is .355 inches. So you want something a bit narrower.

464 Brass Round Rod, Unpolished (Mill) Finish, H02 Temper, ASTM B21, 0.3125" Diameter, 12" Length https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JP6DIG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_Y9c9wbWCKT77X

This would work fine. I would probably hit the edges with some Sand paper just so you don't cut your hands on a burr.

You can honestly find something at homedepot. You want it to take up as much room in the barrel as possible, so it doesn't get wedged between the bullet and the barrel.

I believe you can find caliber specific squib rods online but you will pay a premium on them.

If you have a rubber mallet I would use it just to make sure you don't mark up the barrel if you miss :P

u/hookamabutt · 2 pointsr/weddingplanning

Thank you!! I used a brass “foil” which I found the cheapest on Amazon. This is the one I bought. . I cut out rectangles using scissors, then hammered it with a peen hammer (the one with like, the ball end) then curved and wrapped it around the bouquet, then epoxied the seam, then wrapped it in rubber bands to hold it together and let it set overnight.

Tbh, if I were to do it again, I’d get even thinner brass. I was worried it’d be too thin and just crumple, so this is the one I got after extensive research, but I could have gone one to two gauges thinner and made my life way easier.

Here’s more of my flowers!

u/MrBrian22 · 2 pointsr/knives

I made it.... I got some old Nicholson files off ebay..... I think I paid $30 for 10 different files.... Then I annealed it by throwing it in the coals/ashes of a brush pile that I was burning and let it air cool overnight.... Cut out the size and blade tip with a hacksaw (tiring process) Used a belt sander to shape it down until I got the profile I liked and the blade was about the thickness of a dime. Drilled out the holes on my drill press. Used a makeshift kiln with a MAPP gas torch to get it to cherry red (about 25 minutes of torch time, I'll use charcoal next time) and quenched it in motor oil. Threw it in my shop toaster oven at about 425 for an hour to temper it, then quenched in water. I used Padauk wood for the handles ( I had some scrap leftover from a picture frame and gun rest that I made) I used a 5 minute epoxy, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ALJ4NS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Which setup in about an hour and a half. And 1/4 brass rod,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FMWZ5Q/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Then shaped the handle with my bandsaw, belt sander, and lots of hand sanding (to try and get all the bandsaw marks off)
Finished off with Boiled Linseed Oil which helps make the wood really pop with it's natural color.....

Then used a Gatco system to sharpen it,
http://www.amazon.com/Gatco-10005-5-Stone-sharpening-system/dp/B001DB9CQS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422323386&sr=8-1&keywords=gatco+knife+sharpener

And honed on a strop with some green compound
http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-D2902-1-Pound-Buffing-Compound/dp/B0000DD35C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1422323451&sr=8-3&keywords=honing+compound

and now I have to make a sheath...

u/vergast404 · 1 pointr/SWlegion

maybe replacing it with brass rods would do the trick. Not sure of the size you'd need tho..

u/bn1979 · 1 pointr/Vintagetools

You could probably just order bar stock on amazon and make them yourself.

[Just as an example, you can probably find something 3/4x1/2 if you look](3/4" x 3/4" C360 BRASS SQUARE BAR 12" long Solid .750" Flat Mill Stock H02 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F80W1IA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_K5hzDbK6GS8GA)

u/IAmWhatYouHate · 1 pointr/reloading

For a revolver, you pretty much have to tap it back out towards the cylinder.

You'll probably be OK, but wooden dowels do have the potential to splinter and jam the bullet in even worse.

After my first squib I ordered one of these and put it in my range bag:

360 Brass Round Rod, Unpolished (Mill) Finish, H02 Temper, ASTM B16, 0.3125" Diameter, 12" Length https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H9JY1K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_KF6lybB6JQMKV