stainless steel

Stainless Steel - Where it Came From and How to Protect It?

derekphogue — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:50:22 -0500

Popular history tells of a sharp eyed Harry Brearly accidentally looking at a pile of discarded steel refuse and seeing a single piece that was not rusting like the others. He took it out of the pile, tested it, and began producing it in August 1912. Although this story is very likely true, it is not the whole story. A full year before Brearly took that fateful stroll through the lab, two Germans named Maurer and Strauss produced the first austenitic stainless steel. Austenitic stainless steel only includes iron, chromium and nickel, and the Germans used an alloy of 21 percent chromium and 7 percent nickel. Brearly's main contribution was in developing the first martensitic stainless steel in 1913.

Soldering Thin Stainless Steel?

eligius1427 — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:19:02 -0500

Hi all, I am working on a project and have to connect two thin pcs of 18 ga stainless steel together. the two pcs shown sit on top of one another to create a layered piece. I was originally going to secure the pieces to the base with fasteners, but the "stem" is only 3/32-1/8" wide in some places(which is where I would have to drill through to catch both pieces) and Im worried that my punch and drill skills might not be up to snuff for this.

Brass panel artwork : circle

kilopuma — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:09:28 -0500

brass panel : Circle

kilopuma — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:51:26 -0500

brass panel : Circle

what will happen when i weld stainless steel SS 316L using electrode E6013 and E7018

Nazrimohd — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:09:26 -0600

i doing my final year project that i doing is welding reclamination using 2 different electrode in stainless steel plate.i using stainless steel plate using electrode e6013 and e7018.what will happen to stainless steel structure when we weld using mild steel electrode,and which one is more hard when using this electrode?

Ripple Affect

eligius1427 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:10:23 -0500

Hi all, just finished installing a sculpture up in Yankton, SD called Ripple Affect. It was for an annual call and was themed around the river that runs right by the town. This was the first project that I modeled in Rhino, and it still amazes me how much the setting affects the look of the sculpture. I was "large" in my shop, but looks tiny in the setting with the large trees. I definitely would have made this piece 2-3 times bigger if this was it's permanent home. Aside from making it bigger, I think the only thing i might have done differently would have been to stretch the rings out laterally, so there was more of a horizontal plane, but who knows. I'm always so critical right after a piece is done. The stems are made from mild steel with a rust patina, and the rings from 16ga stainless. I used a flapper disc finish making big loops around the ring so that the different passes would reflect the light differently adding to the effect of the water rippling out, it worked well, but you can't really see it in these picts.

Ripple Affect 5

eligius1427 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:09:40 -0500

Ripple Affect 4

eligius1427 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:05:09 -0500

Ripple Affect 3

eligius1427 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:04:37 -0500

Ripple Affect 2

eligius1427 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:03:57 -0500