evfreek Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hi. I picked up some Arcos E410-15 stick rod at a garage sale. I thought it was Lo-hy, but the label was generic, and the end of the container had the real designation. According to their website, it is an air hardening chromium molybdenum deposit suitable for wear and corrosion resistant coating on steel. Obviously, this is not for fabbing up jigs or spring fullers. It might be useful for tangs on martensitic stainless knives, but these are usually part of the blade stock. Are there any uses, since this stuff seems like it is too specialized to sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJtheWelder Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 its used as a cheap way to make combo steels, the base usually used is mild steel and then you pad beads on it to make make the outside or inside anti corrosive to chemicals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evfreek Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 Hi AJ. Thanks for the suggestion. I think I will use it on my forge door, which has trouble with scaling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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