rmanning Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 can stainless be heated and worked like regular steel. i got 3 peices of 1 1/4" stainless 6" long some scrap from work. didnt know if it was good for forging or harder to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian robertson Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 what series stainless? Some will forge, some won't, some will forge but require 50% more force to move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Yes, I do not know of any common ones that can't be heated and forged. As Brian says they require at least 50% more oomph to move it though. Check it with a magnet, unless you make exotic things at work it is likely to be 300 or 400 series. 300 non magnetic 400 magnetic. 304 common architectural grade, 316 the most stain resistant, 440 the higher carbon hardenable version for knife blades etc. Loads of info on the interweb, wikipedia is fairly direct..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanning Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 it was a pin that we had to cut out of a big check valve on a water line. i figured i'd use it on the anvil if its to hard to work with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielC Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Was it a spring check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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