[TheForge] hastalloy

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> my boss gave me a short section of 3 in. hastalloy pipe yesterday he said
> "this stuff is as hard as hell i might make a good knife got a lot of Ni
in
> it." well a simple grind test told me that it did not have enough C to get
> hard but searching on the web it looks like its heat resistant and i need
a
> new forge grate.  any of you have any exp with this stuff
>
> oh yea the boss wants me to forge him a golf putter  thats a new one for
me
> lol

Strongly suggest against forging hastalloy- it's got a lot of nasty stuff in
it that will vaporize off with less than sterling effects on your lungs-
vanadium is one element. It is good for high temp applications, as well as
being chemically resistant to a number of substances, but it's not something
you want to get to forging heat.

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....



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