[PSUBS-MAILIST] steel price

[Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles]

Less of an issue for me as I have access to heat treating equipment, but thanks for the heads-up. I still have work to do before I'll have a complete cut list ready, and I'll shop it around.

Sean


On November 9, 2015 6:14:30 AM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>Sean,You likely already know this , but,  Var-Steel is the way to go
>for steel cut outs.  I priced both EE and Var-Steel and Var-Steel was
>half the price for my 1 and  2 inch material.  Var-Steel also has
>rolling and bending service and I mean BIG stuff.   I know you have
>pressing covered.  One down side to Var-Steel is they flame cut and
>516-70N is very susceptible  to surface hardening.  I have had a real
>hard time machining the cut edge, in fact I could not.   When they cut
>my thick plate for the hatch and port frames, I will ask them to cut my
>stuff at the end of the shift so the pieces can cool on the cutting
>table.  Hank
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