I love brass. Not wealthy but I did hit a few home runs on the bay. I have bought brass cutoffs
and other surplus pieces for less than $3.00 per pound. Some of them were rather large hex
cutoffs up to 4" from flat to flat and 4 or 5 inches long. Sure, takes some time to cut it on
the band saw and then clean it up on the mill but well worth the effort. Someones scrap is
somebody's treasure. I have a scrap metal place near by that buys the swarf so it is a win win.

Right now that brass is very handy for making parts for my model steam engine that will never
see steam but will run on air pressure.

I still have hammers I need to make one of these days. One will be of the type with replaceable faces. Ok, back to the shop!

Cheers, JR