sawing stainless steel ?
I have a piece of 1/4 inch SS rod that I want to cut. what will do that? standard hacksaw blade? carbide grit blade? etc.? I "assume" that once it is sawed, a standard grinding wheel will be able to...
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304 SS is a hi grade SS and is used in all food processing, kitchens etc, and is in no way magnetic at all.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Stainless steel comes in many grades. 304 is magnetic and borderline stain-less. 18-8 is a step up but the tough stuff to cut is 316 marine stainless. It has molybdenum. Exotic grades have vanadium. Misery is trying to cut chromium nickel vanadium molybdenum stainless steel. I like SCVjeffs answer. I've seen rod glow red as a wheel spun through it rapidly getting smaller. Not the easiest stuff to work with. I believe 316 has a tensile rating equal to a grade 5 fastener.
