Pin material search

[Geordon]

Can anyone tell me where to find 1/16 brass and nickel silver round stock to use for pins? I won’t go to hobby lobby, and the one place that I found the NiAg on Amazon was crazy for price and shipping.

Ideally, I would be able to get both at the same place.

Thanks!


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[Frank Shaves]

I recently went through this as well. Texas Knifemaker's Supply. The rod is listed on their website under Knife Making Steel Barstock Rods > Barstock, Rod & Sheet Stock > Rod Stock.

Get yourself some 1/16 inch brass and 1/16 inch nickel silver. You could easily go through one 12 inch rod just learning to peen, so make sure to order enough. I should have ordered twice as much as I did.

 

[Legion]

Last lot I found was at a shop that sold plastic kits, model trains, and so on.

I've heard of people cutting welding rods down.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/10pcs-Welding-Sticks-Repair-Brazing/dp/B079B5LDRD/ref=asc_df_B079B5LDRD/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=272040849262&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11990093355402230294&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-487455989254&psc=1

 

[Geordon]

Thanks, gents! @Frank Shaves, I had found the Texas Knifemaker site/link on Amazon, and they were the least expensive option that I found online for nickel silver round stock.

However, I touched base with a Jewler/ professional welder friend of mine to see if he knew of anywhere lo that I might be able to check out, and he let me know a couple of things. First, that nickel silver actually has no silver in it, and that I could probably use welding rods, as @Legion mentioned.

On the Amazon US side, I found these 1/16" (1.6 mm) brass welding rods priced at $14.00 for a pack of 20 which seems to be a good price but finding nickel silver in 1/16" seems to be tricky