mystery steel test results
As I mentioned in another post recently, I'm friendly with a guy who works in the lab at a steel mill in Ohio. He told me months ago that he'd be happy to run some samples of unknown steels for me....
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Some good info Matt. Sounds like the tire iron is the best bet, but that makes wonder how much of a difference there will be between different manufactures.
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So Matt, if I am reading this right, the rail clip is a medium carbon steel that is fairly high in manganese, chromium and molybdimum? If so, that explains why they have to be worked so hot to be able...
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As I said, you really can't generalize from these results. I'm sure it's going to vary a lot by manufacturer; that's the problem with this sort of stuff. That's the problem with these junkyard steel...
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Among the other stuff I had tested were some giant mower-like blades from some sort of farm implement, which I bought at Bill Moran''s estate auction. I think I have six or so. Several dozen knives'...
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It looks to me that it fits within the allowable limits of 5160 - spring steel. Is that right?
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