It is a perfect item to steal. If they are not caught in the act the item is melted down and there is no way to equate the goods with the thief. One of my friends is a machinist and they had some carbide scrap thefts, big dollars. They put up a camera and caught two people stealing the scrap. One was a mother of three who made a nice living off stealing.

A sad situation for her kids but also a sad situation for the machine shop. I think the USA has about five machine shops still left in business.