Current 1008 Steel Round Bar prices by dimension, with $/lb for cross-size comparison.
1008/1010 Round Bar currently ranges from $1.42/lb to $1.49/lb, up 37.3% over the last 7 days.
About 1008|Very
low carbon steel (0.08%), almost exclusively a sheet, strip, and wire product. Extremely formable and ductile. Meant for deep drawing, stamping, and cold heading, not machining. If it ends up in your lathe, expect gummy, stringy chips and poor surface finish. The material deforms instead of shearing cleanly. Used for sheet metal enclosures, cold-headed fasteners, wire products, and any stamped part where formability is the priority. Compare to
1010 (slightly more carbon, similar applications),
1018 (actual machining stock), and
CS-B (similar softness without defined chemistry).