Favorite metal

Metals should be chosen by intended use, not as "favorites" unless you are only asking jewelry makers.

BTW if you have commercial metal suppliers in your country you can often get much better deals than expensive hardware store markups, and many suppliers have "cutoffs" they sell even cheaper. Best to visit them in person to see what's in the pile. Ditto machine shops.

>>1114771
metals can be aesthetic though, im just asking what metal you like

>>1114772

>In all things have no preferences.
> Miyamoto Mushashi

I like what works for a given task, I don't approach a task looking to use a specific metal (unless it's lying around as scrap and the part isn't critical)

You are doing art, right? Use metal colors to create the image you want. Perhaps collecting images of bare metal and of different surface finishes will help you choose, because metal plus finish = art.

You might enjoy this place:

http://www.metalartistforum.com/maf/

Why pewter as the only alloy? What about solder, or Duralumin for that matter?

Diamond

>>1114812
Steel? Brass? Bronze?

>>1114750
Pu-239

>>1114750
>http://www.strawpoll.me/12102316/r
Osmium? Mercury? What the fuck?

>>1114771
>2" x 2" angle iron at local home improvement store- $25 for 3 feet
>2" x 2" angle iron at local metal supply yard- $1.24 a foot.

"Favorite" is subjective and everything depends on the project.

My favorite is magnessium- but your ass will pucker so tight when your welding it that you won't shit for 3 days.

You typically won't build a tow hitch from aluminum.

You don't want to use chro-moly sheet to do automotive body panel repair.

If you don't use stainless for marine applications, it will just dissolve and you'll be re-doing it later.
I only buy mild steel remnants from work- I'm not setup for welding aluminum or stainless at home for projects.

>>1115328
God I love IMS
they really hook a nigga up and are pretty commercial

Somebody post the aluminum screencap

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>>1114750
Obligatory.

>>1114827
REEEEEEE

>>1114827
Pleb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s