Hey all,
A quick question. I've got some 3" X 1/4" flat bar of 303 (if I remember correctly) it's not hardenable in the least. Other than the stainless properties, it acts like mild steel. My question is, since stainless in general doesn't stick worth a dang in forge welds, If I make a canister out of this flat bar, would it potentially release relatively easy from the billet?
Just brainstorming here..you know how that can go, either a breakthrough or disaster, LOL
Thanks for any help.
Chad - stainless sticks just fine in forge welds.
When it doesn't do well is in a open environment with flux.
Where it does forge weld fine is in an oxygen free environment - like in a canister!!
Karl B. Andersen
Journeyman Smith
Ahh..thank Karl.
I did have some stick fairly well in a san mai...I was just thinking that if the can was made from it, and the interior surfaces weren't good and clean that it might peel a little easier...I might be over thinking it. That's how my mind wanders when I'm at the grinder.
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Ahh..thank Karl.
I did have some stick fairly well in a san mai...I was just thinking that if the can was made from it, and the interior surfaces weren't good and clean that it might peel a little easier...I might be over thinking it. That's how my mind wanders when I'm at the grinder.
It might peel off the canister easy - but it may very well weld to the billet and then you have the same problem.
Karl B. Andersen
Journeyman Smith
I have heard some smits coat the inside of a mild steel canister with White Out to act as a release. I haven't tried this, but I have heard it works really well.
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