Practice scrap metal local to SF CA?

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Hello everyone. I just got a Hobart 140 MIG machine for Xmas. I am not 100% new to MIG welding and have done a bunch of body work on my classic BMW, but this is MY first personal welder   I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on where I could get some scrap metal around the San Francisco CA area. Maybe some one on here even has a shop with some scrap laying around? Thanks, and a happy new year!Cheers from the German!
Reply:must be tons of places listed in the phone book for the east bay or even some in south frisco area. look for a place that sells drops (small cut pcs)by the pound.225NT bobcatAEAD200LEScott 125mm175, mm252 w 30A, PT225mm211, TA 181iHyper Therm 380, cut master 529100X & XX, Digital Elite6 Victor setssmith little torch, meco midget kalamazoo band sawsteel max saw evoulution circular saw
Reply:Originally Posted by deutschmanHello everyone. I just got a Hobart 140 MIG machine for Xmas. I am not 100% new to MIG welding and have done a bunch of body work on my classic BMW, but this is MY first personal welder   I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on where I could get some scrap metal around the San Francisco CA area. Maybe some one on here even has a shop with some scrap laying around? Thanks, and a happy new year!
Reply:Scrap metal in California??? Isn't that a controlled substance? It might, after all, have dirt on it, and you might consider blowing the dirt off. At the very least I think you need to get a special use permit or something there, and of course, pay a fee.
Reply:Dig through the trash in industrial areas. I know it sounds dirty but as a dirt poor student I sometimes need  to to get some practice material.