[TheForge] Iron Foil

[David E. Smucker]

Do a search for deep drawing stock in light gauge.  It will be 1006 or 1008, 
not pure iron but damn close.

Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Smith" <jfsmith at ameritech.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Iron Foil


> 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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