[TheForge] Safety -- Turning Things Off topic

[Andrew Vida]

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Good sirs;
> I like machinery too,and the first few exchanges were interesting...but.
> 
> BS then.
> I've been forging 304(?) scrap stainless recently and the cold shuts and 
> their propagating cracks are getting frustrating. Same with some bronzes 
> and tool steels.
> Especially true when extensive upsetting is called for.
> I end up spending time grinding out the surface flaws, flaps, nicks and 
> so on, isn't all that much fun.
> Help, hints or expositions please......pete f

	One thing to be aware of is that stainless needs a greater soak time 
than mild steel.  It absorbs heat comparatively slowly.
-- 

	-Andy V.

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