What could be made of these?  Or uses?  They are 5'x3' and 1/8 to 1/4" thick.  The holes are 1/8".   They are grinder screens from a hammer mill.  I have permission to take the old, worn out ones from work as they become available.  And there are a lot of them.  I tried making fire-pit rings but they are really springy, and dont think I'd like to be around if the weld ever broke.  I did make wings out of some of it for a butterfly sculpture but its hard to torch cut to shape.   I tried flattening one out by driving over it with the truck but it just sprang back to its original shape.  They scrap a lot of them and it seems a waste.  Any ideas would be welcome 8-). Scott.

Well throwing them in a good sized bonfire should soften them; especially if you can get them above dislocation climb temperature!

If you have a plasma cutter you could cut out designs to be used in gates and screens

The wing idea is cool. Something with a light behind it would be cool. Fish shapes. Cut to desired shapes it would make great fill pieces in sculptures. Say maybe a birds chest. cut the shape, heat in the forge and dish it on a stump to get the contour. 

You could cut some and forge a border and make a flat standing fire screen.  Or square fire surround.

They might be less springy and easier to manipulate if you heated them in a bonfire. ( just posted then saw Thomas just mentioned this)

Were it me, I would stock up on it and know it's there for when an idea strikes. 

Did you drive over them on a flat surface or a concave one? Any handy puddles around?

Alan

Greetings Nodebt, 

       You could put it over the edge of a flat weld table clamp it down and heat just a small area with a rose bud a little at a time bending back to flat. Just a thought. 

Forge on and make beautiful things 

Jim

Daswulf had a good idea with the lights inside.  This picture is from outside the local art museum in Austin.

They would make great charcoal sieves!

  These are all great ideas, thanks for the comments.  Thomas, I dont have a plasma cutter and they kind of melt in all directions with a torch, but, Jim Coke, I do have a rosebud and will try flattenung them out that way.  I just burned two brushpiles this winter so thats out, but I will keep that idea in mind for the next one.  ede, nice picture and I agree the lighting idea is a good one.  Thanks daswulf, for the sculpture ideas as well as lighting.    And ausfire, I now I have an idea for an ossilating casting sand sifter...  Alan, flat surface.  But I might find a rut in the lane and try again.  A whole flat one might make good shelving matr for welding bench.

 

Heres a worn out hammer from the same unit.

What kind of steel is that hammer? 

that hammer has to be good steel more than likely In-pack grade steel

ask supplier of new replacement hammer's should know 

  I do not know das, but they wear out the steel bar they ride on.  Theres roughly 50 of them per mochine.

Might be worth doing what IronWolf said and asking. That could be some useful stuff. 

I shall snoop around IronWolf,  I've helped change them and they come with a lot of papers in the box, but I never thought to see what matr they are.   I think theres more like 50 on a bar, not per mochine.

Tough and abrasion resistant!

They do have some kind of abrasives/grit of some kind on the business end.

Hardfacing applied by welding; often added before use and redone possibly several times before it's considered too worn out.