[TheForge] What kind of steel is this

Mon Jan 21 07:11:00 2002

At a wild guess, this might be spring stock, and needing annealed before
making small adjustments will be possible.

Rick Crawford at  Rafter Lazy C
Home of Rick's Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
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----- Original Message -----
From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:26 AM
Subject: [TheForge] What kind of steel is this

>
> A few months ago I was at a scrap yard and found and bought about 80 feet
of
> 1/4" round stock.  One of the first things I did with it was for a project
> that required forging and drilling of a hole.  No way could I drill the
> hole.  I carried on with some other stock for that project and forgot
about
> that material until today.
>
> What I was doing today did not require any drilling, only fitting to shape
> and some brazing. The material took the brazing ok, but when it cooled
down
> and I was making small adjustments to the shape, it promptly broke cleanly
> in half.  This happened twice. What kind of material would do that?
>
> thanks for any help.
>
> Harry Foster
> Rusty Dog Forge