how & where can i find cheap advice on melting, hot-rolling &
heat-treating stainless steel bars & rods ?

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Request for Question Clarification by hammer-ga on 28 Jan 2003 06:04 PST

It would help to know the scope of your project. You can heat treat 6
inch long pieces of stainless steel by throwing them into a
self-cleaning oven. You can also purchase gigantic furnaces to do
large batches of 12 foot bars. Can you be more specific regarding your
information needs?

- Hammer

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Request for Question Clarification by krobert-ga on 28 Jan 2003 08:15 PST

Ashwing13-ga,

Would a reference to a book on the heat treating and processing of
stainless steels fit your needs (It's about $200, but that price is
relatively cheap as far as this kind of information goes). It may not
cover melting though... that's really a problem of ladle chemistry.

krobert-ga