Anyone know cold-headed steel prices?

[lendaddy]

I have a salvage project for a customer here and I would like the inside track on their current investment into the parts we are to fix for them. Obviously they won't tell us as it's a loaded question like "how much do you want to spend fixing your car".

Anyway does anyone have ballpark pricing info on this process? Say per pound?

[RickM]

Not to derail the thread but if you could make these puppies you'd be golden: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/04/21/amtrak.acela.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

"Amtrak pulled all of its 20 Acela trains out of service on Friday after finding millimeter-size cracks in 300 of the fleet's 1,440 disc brake rotors. Each Acela train has 72 brakes.

"This part is unique to the Acela and there is no active production line casting them," said Crosbie said. "The manufacturer has told me this will take some time."

Crosbie said there are fewer than 70 disc brakes available now."

[lendaddy]

Thanks Rick, but that's not in our wheelhouse

These little parts just need to be ground on one end due to imperfections in the die. It's an easy job, and they have 350,000 of them to repair. For those who don't know, coldheading is basically smashing steel into a die so it takes the shape. This is how many fasteners are made, but these parts are more complex and precise.