[TheForge] Iron Foil

[debmiller at fuse.net]

Pure iron?

You can get roll steel shim stock in almost any thickness, 12" wide from .001" up.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati


> 
> From: Jerry Smith <jfsmith at ameritech.net>
> Date: 2004/10/13 Wed PM 08:15:04 EDT
> To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> 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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