[TheForge] Banding Steel

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

To strip the paint a 120 on the grinder or just throw it in the forge
for a few seconds...Will have to grind either way, but the paint burns
off quite easily...

Mark 


 is usually painted which is a pain to grind off. My son used to use a
mix of band steel and band saw blades.  The band saw blade was L6 or
15n20 which was brighter when etched. 
Another problem you may have is, it is so thin it is hard to get a good
soaking heat without burning the outer layers. The good thing is that
because it is thin you get a lot of layers on the first weld and only
have to fold it a couple times, or not at all if you want a bold
pattern.

We discovered that we got better results when starting with thicker
stock. 
Get a really good first weld and then do the folding.


Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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