Original poster: "Stephen Mathieson" <sm@xxxxxxxxxx>
A cheaper method may be to buy tungsten welding rod and then find a die
grinding shop to cut them to length. This is what I did and it worked out
to about $5 a piece. The die grinding shop managed to hold +/- .0002
tolerance even though I didn't ask them to!
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Subject: Re: Tungsten rod - GROUP ORDER
Original poster: Jeff Larson <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I am interested in 3/8 x 1.5 inch tungsten. Is there a date for this order?
Jeff Larson
Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Hi All,
>
>Jim Mora started a request to see how many would be interested in going
>in on a bulk purchase of pure tungsten 1/2 x 1.5 inch rod. His price
>quote was $15 per rod. I'm interested in 3/8 rod and I just got a
>quote from Diamond Ground Products for $8.75 for the 3/8x1.5 inch rod
>with a minimum order of 25. Quote for 2 inch length of same was $11.65
>each with the same minimum.
>
>
>Are there any out there interested in the smaller version of the
>tungsten rod. If so, you can email me directly and I can work with Jim
>to see if this benefits his purchase.
>
>Take care
>Gerry R.
>