This crafting component can be extracted by scrapping the following items. The colored materials have more yield and should be prioritized when collecting.
| Material | Yield |
| Adjustable Wrench | x2 Steel, x1 Gear |
| Aluminum Oil Can | x1 Steel, x2 Oil |
| Aluminum Tray | x1 Steel |
| Antique Table Knife | x1 Steel |
| Ball-Peen Hammer | x2 Steel, x1 Wood |
| Bandage Scissors | x1 Steel |
| Blacksmith Hammer | x2 Steel, x1 Wood |
| Blood Can | x2 Steel, x2 Oil |
| Blowtorch | x2 Steel, x1 Oil |
| Blue Paint | x2 Steel, x2 Oil |
| Bonesaw | x2 Steel, x1 Rubber |
| Brotherhood of Steel Holotag | x1 Steel |
| Bunsen Burner | x2 Steel, x1 Copper |
| Can | x2 Steel |
| Claw Hammer | x2 Steel |
| Clean Tea Kettle | x2 Steel |
| Clothes Hanger | x1 Steel |
| Clothing Iron | x2 Steel, x1 Plastic |
| Coffee Pot | x2 Steel, x1 Asbestos, x1 Plastic |
| Combination wrench | x2 Steel |
| Connecting rod | x2 Steel |
| Cooking pan | x2 Steel |
| Desk fan | x2 Steel, x2 Gears, x2 Screw |
| Dinner fork | x1 Steel |
| Dog tags | x1 Steel |
| Empty paint can | x2 Steel |
| Enamel bucket | x2 Steel |
| Extinguisher | x4 Steel, x2 Rubber, x2 Asbestos |
| Flip lighter | x1 Steel, x1 Oil, x1 Spring |
| Gas canister | x3 Steel, x1 Oil |
| Gear | x1 Steel |
| Giddyup Buttercup | x5 Steel, x6 Spring, x2 Gears, x2 Screw |
| Giddyup Buttercup back leg | x1 Steel, x2 Spring, x2 Gears |
| Giddyup Buttercup body | x2 Steel, x2 Spring, x2 Screw |
| Giddyup Buttercup front leg | x1 Steel, x2 Spring, x2 Gears |
| Giddyup Buttercup head | x2 Steel, x2 Spring |
| Gold plated flip lighter | x1 Steel, x1 Oil, x1 Gold |
| Handcuffs | x2 Steel, x1 Screw, x1 Spring |
| Industrial solvent | x3 Steel, x4 Antiseptic |
| Kitchen scale | x3 Steel, x3 Spring |
| Ladle | x2 Steel |
| Lantern | x3 Steel, x2 Glass, x2 Oil |
| Luxobrew coffee pot | x3 Steel, x2 Plastic, x2 Asbestos |
| Metal bucket | x2 Steel |
| Mr. Handy fuel | x3 Steel, x2 Oil |
| Office desk fan | x2 Steel, x2 Gears, x2 Screw |
| Oil canister | x2 Steel, x2 Oil |
| Paint can | x2 Steel |
| Power relay coil | x2 Steel, x2 Copper |
| Rat poison | x1 Steel, x1 Asbestos, x2 Fiberglass |
| Restored desk fan | x2 Steel, x2 Gears, x2 Screw |
| Sauce pan | x2 Steel |
| Saw | x3 Steel, x1 Rubber |
| Scalpel | x1 Steel |
| Scissors | x2 Steel, x1 Plastic |
| Screwdriver | x2 Steel, x1 Wood |
| Shopping basket | x3 Steel, x1 Plastic |
| Shovel | x3 Steel, x3 Wood |
| Steel | x1 Steel |
| Surgical scalpel | x1 Steel |
| Swan boat fragments | x1 Steel, x1 Plastic, x5 Fiberglass |
| Table knife | x1 Steel |
| Tin can | x2 Steel |
| Toaster | x2 Steel, x2 Spring |
| Torque rod end | x1 Steel |
| Toy truck | x2 Steel, x1 Screw |
| Tube flange | x2 Steel |
| Turpentine | x2 Steel, x2 Antiseptic |
| Untarnished metal bucket | x2 Steel |
| Used Oil can | x1 Steel, x1 Oil |
| Wrench | x2 Steel |
This is a very common component so you won't have problems replenishing your supply. Another good source of steel are unwanted, scrapped weapons. With the Scrapper perk, you can scrap even more steel (along with other components) from these weapons.