[TheForge] forge weld stainless?

[me at wargoth.com]

correct, stellite is not generally considered forgable, it is a cobalt/chromium alloy, but all but one stellite alloy varient contain some iron. I refer to pattern welding which was achieved with a stellite/L6 blend. This is second hand information granted, as I personally have not tried this combination, but it was reported that Dr. Hrisoulas was able to achieve the weld. Take it for what it is worth... I have however used his flux recipe with great success dealing with high alloy and stainless steels that were resistant to welding with more conventional fluxes.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net>
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Sent: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] forge weld stainless?



On 12/22/2012 4:45 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Bob:
> What's the triangle of welding?
> Stellite too! Wow!

Ever try to forge real stellite?  I crumbles.  There are many so-called 
"stellites", but the real deal, the original material, has no iron in it 
as I recall, though do not quote me on that.  I once attempted to forge 
a stellite bit and it did not go well at all.
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