[TheForge] Stainless steel tools

[Harry]

Thanks for the responses,

   I guess I will just stick to the sheet metal and smaller pieces. Work
   up some experience before I tackle any larger stainless projects. I
   still might hide that piece of 2" shaft away for some later date.

Harry


On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:24:27 -0800, "Grant Marcoux"
<gblacksmith at alamedanet.net> said:
> Though highly forgeable, stainless steels are typically far harder to
> forge
> without cracking.  They usually have poor heat retention and transfer
> characteristics due to the typically high amounts of chromium and other
> refractory elements present.
> 
> Most non-martensitic stainless steels that are not heat treated can be
> cut
> on a horizontal band saw without too much protest.  When in doubt, check
> it
> with the edge of a file and a hacksaw.
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> Subject: [TheForge] Stainless steel tools
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>     If I am to work with stainless should I make hardies and such out of
>     stainless as well? And on the subject of stainless does it forge
>     well? I haven't tried any yet but they produce a lot of stainless
>     scrap at work. I was looking at a 2" shaft they were throwing away
>     and thinking it could be used for a lot of things...if it can be
>     forged. I don't have a plasma cutter so it would have to be cut the
>     old fashioned way. What I have been working with so far would be
>     A36, leaf springs, any bits of steel that were handy. I have some
>     fairly large gauge copper wire I have been playing with as well.
> 
> Glad the holidays are over.
> Harry, aka Ebeneezer
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