johnptc Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 just wondered if anybody has been using stainless steel tooling...... since it conducts heat at about 30% the rate mild steel does, it would seem that press dies or mill rollers from SS would keep the work hotter longer.......i dont know if this is old news for tooling or not:) comments or experiences ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I don't know of anyone using SS tooling for it's low conductivity specifically but you are right. The right grade of SS would be a good choice where cutting, punching, etc. aren't concerned. I like the idea. I should've thought of it myself before now. Thanks. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnptc Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) thanks i thought i might be on the do not reply list:) seems like it would help anywhere the heat gets sucked out by the tooling and you dont need points or edges to hold up. Edited March 19, 2009 by johnptc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I forged a set of Ti tongs to use with my gasser as the reins don't get hot as fast. Do the harder stainless alloys have the same heat transfer as the soft ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking-sword Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 This is really good info for me as I live on an island with a lot if commercial fishing going on so folks are always bringing me long (8 to 10ft) used boat and ship prop shafts of stainless, from 1.5 to 2.5 inches diameter, which may be 30 years old but looks new, so I have a bog pile of these and I don't forge stainless, but now I have an idea of what to do with some of it, thanks, Wes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnptc Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 I forged a set of Ti tongs to use with my gasser as the reins don't get hot as fast. Do the harder stainless alloys have the same heat transfer as the soft ones? the table i found shows 300 series 440c and a couple of ph grades all to be about the same at 20C http://www.euro-inox.org/pdf/map/Tables_TechnicalProperties_EN.pdf around page 15 on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNJC Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hello, I did my first real blacksmithing at Peat Oberon's school in the North of England. Peat had built his students' hearths with a bootom-blast type of set up; I remember that he used stainless steel grills in the bottom to cover the air conduit's entrance hole. From memory, these were about half an inch thick, five inches in diameter and had many holes across them, each of about a quarter of an inch in diameter. By the time I saw these thay had been in use for at least a couple of years; so, stainless can definitely withstand heat. I have also seen farriers here in the UK and in South Africa using stainless steel tongs. Hope that this info' is of use. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azIRonSmith Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Glass blowers use SS for their blow pipes and punties all the time for exactly that reason. They have been using SS for many years now. You think hot metal burns your hands quickly, imagine putting your lips on it!!! They also use it for their hand tools such as jacks and puffers. Still they do water or air cool their tools often just like blacksmiths. SS may slow the heat transfer but it doesn't stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 im guessing it would be good for drifts and that sort of tool, may not get stuck as easy as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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