[TheForge] Shrinking Stainless Sheet metal

[Ries Niemi]

Nope, sorry I dont have any magic bullets.
I try to design my stuff so a bit of distortion doesnt ruin it- its 
art, usually, and so I can get away with it.
When metal gets hot, it moves, and I find stainless to be a particular 
rascal in this way.
But I havent had great success with heat and quench to get it to shrink 
again.
Theoretically, it should move much like mild steel, but its so damn 
hard to get to move, ever, that it seems to be harder to heat shrink.

ries


On Jan 17, 2007, at 7:51 AM, <debmiller at fuse.net> wrote:

> Hey Guys!
> New question:
> Who has process descriptions for heat shrinking stainless steel sheet 
> metal after weld distortion. I am fairly familiar with the process for 
> carbon steel, but stainless seems to be more of a mystery.  Or is it  
> better to do it with shrinking dies? I bet Reis has all the 
> answers..............
>
> Ray Miller
> Cincinnati
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Ries Niemi
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