gatewood Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I was wondering, if you people know of any cheaply made ferrous alloys with a reasonable resistance to oxidation (since commercial stainless steel is way beyond the scope of homemade products). P.D: my homebrew kilns can easily melt iron and titanium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 If you cant afford the stainless steel to use for your project, How do you afford the PPE ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I buy my stainless at the scrapyard. It is more expensive than steel there but much cheaper than buying it new. It also costs more in finishing materials too. If I have a commissioned project that uses it; then the price of materials is built into the quote! Making your own is hardly ever cheaper due to the economies of scale! By the way, what kind of lab do you have to do analysis on your melts so you can be sure to get the right admixture? I visited a steel casting company once and saw their huge electric arc furnaces. (First time I ever saw an ammeter calibrated in kilo amps!) When the load was molten, they would pull a sample and then analyze it and throw in bags of alloying elements or some of them were done as coils of rod stock and they could add the number of feet needed to make the melt meet spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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