[TheForge] Steel substitution

Thu Jan 17 22:33:52 2002

Flutagon is actually its own alloy, it is also called Atlantic 33. It was 
from Atlantic steel Co I believe in Brooklyn, NY. I don't know if it is 
still made, I should try to find out. I like the stuff also.
L Brown

At 09:00 PM 1/16/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>flutagon - aka  Atha Pneu  aka S-1 ( I think)
>
>At 09:11 PM 1/16/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>On this topic, nobody has mentioned Flutagon(tm) for hot tools.  All
>>my little tools -- for doing details on heads and the like -- are made
>>from random scraps that seemed promising.  But I have some medium
>>sized hot chisels made from Flutagon that hold up very well.  Gets a
>>little too hot, quench it and it gets hard again but not brittle.
>>
>>Did they stop making this stuff while I wasn't looking?  Or has nobody
>>else heard of it?
>>
>>- Mike
>>
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