[TheForge] Shrinking Stainless Sheet metal

[The Millers]

Reis,

Exactly!! I have done fairly well with mild steel with heating and  
cooling, but stainless is the devil in this arena.

I am working with another fab shop on a project and their head metal  
mangler is the most exactly guy I have met.

Thanks!

Ray


On Jan 17, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Ries Niemi wrote:

> 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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