[TheForge] forging stainless

[GRAF]

Suggestion:
Tweak the lesson from "how to forge stainless" to " Learning the 
properties of unknown metal"

Mike Graf



Ben Barrett wrote:
> Someone asked a similar question on ArtMetal.com and the few answers
> there might help:
> http://www.artmetal.com/brambush/forum/bramyak3/messages/38.html
>
> and Solution Annealing is briefly explained here:
> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/chris_shea/2008/09/stainless_steel_forging
>
> Some finishing notes here:  http://www.finishing.com/257/24.shtml
>
> that's just 30 seconds with google though.  Have you found anything
> else as starters?
> If you add "site:iforgeiron.com" or "site:artmetal.com" to "stainless"
> in your search it will focus on either of those useful sites... :)
>
> ~ben
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Allen Ortery <bluestoneforge at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> One of the young people i have been teaching blacksmithing to just got
>> hold of some stainless steel and was wanting to know about forging it.
>> Down side is we do not know what kind of stainless it is, any help
>> would be great as I have never forged any stainless.
>> thanks for the help, Allen
>>     
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