[TheForge] Iron Foil

[Jerry Smith]

Dave,
         I am looking for something as thin as steel banding. I can get 
lots of bridge girder sized stuff, but I need some thin stock.


Jerry

At 07:07 PM 10/13/2004, you wrote:
>How thin are you looking for?  Are you really looking for "iron"?  You 
>best bet is to look for thin gauge transformer or motor lamination stock 
>if looking for nearly pure iron in thin gauges.  Very thin gauges in iron 
>get expensive because it strength is such that the rolls in a rolling mill 
>flatten rather than roll the metal.  That is why we have very thin 
>aluminum foil  (0.00025 inch) but not a similar light gauge in iron.  The 
>thinnest foil I have seen rolled was aluminum in 0.00010 inch for use in 
>the Echo Satellite in the early 60's.  That was rolled by a special effort 
>at the Alcoa Davenport Foil Mill -- that plant has since been closed.  Tin 
>can also be rolled very thin hence Tin Foil.  Special mills with very 
>small work rolls can be used to roll very thin material in high strength 
>metal -- but the cost keeps going up the more special you get.  (For 
>example stainless steel foil or shim stock.)
>
>Dave Smucker
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Smith" <jfsmith at ameritech.net>
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:04 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Iron Foil
>
>
>>I am looking for a source for thin sheets of iron and iron foil, anyone 
>>have any ideas where I can get this stuff from:
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jerry
>>
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