> On Feb 8, 2020, at 09:30 , Adrian Jones  wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> What sort of steel should I get?
> 
> It would obviously need to be drillable - I have a drill press (and a small
post drill).

I use whatever mild steel I can find in the shop, generally from the local
hardware store. This is also why I don't have "a dowel plate," but do have a
number of pieces of bar stock with apparently random holes near the end.

-- adam