[TheForge] Steel Sources for Weapons

Wed Feb 5 12:38:01 2003

Chad,

Most all the steel you'll find in a junk yard will be mild steel.  There's
also the problem of unknown carbon content.  That can lead to problems when
making stuff with it (unknown behavior forging, tempering, etc.).

If you're cool with that, then by all means, seek out junkyard steel.  I've
used plenty myself.  It works.

Just consider what your time is worth, too. :-)

Oh, and 10xx steels are plain carbon steels, in points.  1095 is 0.95%
carbon.   5160 is:

(amounts in percentages)
Carbon     0.56 - 0.64
Chromium 0.7 - 0.9
Manganese 0.75 - 1
Phosphorus 0.035 max
Silicon 0.15 - 0.35
Sulphur 0.04 max

Hope this helps,
Gabriel.

<quote who="Chad">
> I appreciate the suggestions of using 5160, 1085, and 1095 but I was
> looking for something more along the lines of me being able to go out to
> the junk yards or the tracks and find. My metallurgical knowledge is
> very small so translating those numbers into items is impossible for me.
> If I remember right they represent the grade of steel and the amount of
> carbon in it? Was hoping someone could give me some everyday items that
> could be used. Again this is just for learning purposed at this point.
> Thanks again.
>
> Chad
> [email protected]

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