Xavier F-C Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Hello everyone! I recently picked up some scrap from an old vehicle and found a piece whose cylinder looks very much like stainless steel. Do you know what steel it is? Can it be forged or is it dangerous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Greetings X, That would be a steering shaf from I would guess a piece of farm equipment. I don't think it is automtive because the pinion would have been in a lube atmosphere. Nope not stainless. I would spark test it for some idea of carbon content. More than likely lower content carbon. I hope this helps. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier F-C Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Jim Coke, you guessed right! I did the spark test on the piece and there was a lot of sparks with a fair amount of splits. Thanks to your help, I believe that it would be between low carbon to medium carbon steel. I am happy with the result because I would rather work with simple steels as I am a beginner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdawg Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 It will still be pretty hard to work, it is a large lump of metal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Looks like there's chrome on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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