[TheForge] SS alloy advice?

[Bruce Freeman]

Hmmm, 

I take it that 316 can't be hardened by heating and
quenching, as one does for carbon steel?  

I have some 316 that is dimensionally suitable, but I
don't think it was cold worked.  I wonder whether I
could work harden this somehow.  
 
Frosty - Didn't you tell us a story one time about
metals hardening during transport ... or in front of
loudspeakers?
 
Bruce

--- James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote:

> 316 is a standard stainless spring wire alloy as is
> 302 but you must  
> order it as spring wire. It is cold worked (drawn)
> to achieve the  
> spring state so you must not heat it above 500F or
> you will start to  
> loose the spring characteristics. McMaster Carr sell
> stainless spring  
> wire  I believe it is 302 but I could not find out
> from the online  
> catalog.
> 
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
> 
> 
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