[TheForge] Re: cold drawn steel

[Dan Tull]

Seems as though A36 has deginerated from 36,000psi tensile ( as original )
to more like 60 ksi.
To match welding rod? Cheaper to produce? 1018 is harder and harder to get,
wish all hot rolled was.
One of Saint Fransis of Aspen's tirades.


dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Lane" <scotty@one.net>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:03 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: cold drawn steel


>Can't tell the difference, meself, except that I
> >think it welds a little better.
>
>          You can get 1018 in either cold or hot rolled (have done so
> myself).  1018 and A36 are two different animals, regardless of final
> process.  The interesting thing is that 1018 is a composition based
> specification, where as A36 is a yield strength specification (i.e., they
> don't care what it's made of as long as it passes the yield strength
spec).
>
>