andrew-theasby
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| posted on 16/3/10 at 10:41 PM |
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whats silver steel?
Im after a bit of what we use to call silver steel at work. I want to braze a drill bit into a 6mm rod about 12" long, but i cant find any on
ebay, and we dont have it at work anymore. Does it come under a different name? Or anybody got something suitable kicking about for beer tokens?
Thanks
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40inches
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| posted on 16/3/10 at 10:48 PM |
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Try
HERE
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fazerruss
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| posted on 16/3/10 at 10:50 PM |
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i think its silver solder youre after
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SILVER-SOLDER-RODS_W0QQitemZ280475567382QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item414da58516
[Edited on 16/3/10 by fazerruss]
"if assholes could fly this place would be an airport"
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andrew-theasby
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| posted on 16/3/10 at 10:53 PM |
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woops, must have spelt it wrong first time, just searched it again to see why i didnt find that one and theres a few results. Thanks
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Alan B
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| posted on 16/3/10 at 11:35 PM |
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Silver steel is form of highish carbon tool steel...usually O1 I believe..
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Peteff
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 12:01 AM |
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O1 is tool steel, different to silver steel. You can get silver steel or O1 from Cromwell tools.
Silver steel
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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designer
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 07:31 AM |
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Why not just buy a long drill?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 07:56 AM |
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A length of steel and a 50p jobbing drill bit is a lot cheaper than a 330mm drill bit!
For those who haven't encountered it, silver steel is a bright material (hence the name, not because it has silver in it) with a carbon content
that's significantly higher than mild steel but not as high as tool steel. Saying that, it can be hardened so model engineers frequently use it
for one-off tools. It also comes 'ground round' so it's ideal for tasks such as that of the original poster.
If the other links offered don't work out, send me a U2U - I'll dig out some model engineering sources.
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boggle
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 08:04 AM |
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used to use it for making center punches and small tools....
its also ok for making shear pins....
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