[TheForge] Re: hot vs cold rolled

[Mike Linn]

I got about 120 feet of A36 1/4" round  2 years ago , and I'll bet my last 
Dollar it was close to 1095.  It was so brittle it shattered like glass 
after a water quench. We use a lot of that size for s-hooks, match holders 
and plant hooks at demos. You forge one end the cool it off to forge the 
other. Damn stuff would break every time.....

mike

At 07:06 AM 12/20/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Yes,  cold rolled has more strict requirements than hot rolled.  Hot
>rolled is no longer 'mild steel'  it is A-36.  The tolerances are large.
>You may find a bar of A-36 that will analyze out close to cold rolled but
>the next will damn near qualify as tool steel.  At  one time I had the
>chemical analysis for both cold and hot rolled but have no idea where it
>is now.  Maybe someone on the list will post it,  I would like to see it
>again.
>

         Michael Linn
       Artist Blacksmith
      McCalla, Alabama
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