Recent content by Robertmet

To me that texture indicates decarb ! Check preheat treat sample for decarb and check you're atmosphere. Temper should be at least 1 hour per inch.

Here's an interesting development for concrete roadways !

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1282773/Sweet-rice-secret-Great-Wall-Chinas-strength-longevity.html Here's an interesting find .Like the pumice addition by the ancient Romans the old ways have their benefits !

Tacoma's lessons have been lost on the Russians ! Just open up the sides of the bridge so the wind can go through without problems !

http://www.cashenblades.com/info/steel/o1.html Cashen is a fine blade maker and very knowledgable about metallurgy.As he says O-1 is not just a simple carbon steel. Note soak times ! He and I have been trying to educate knifemakers about metallurgy on forums such as www.bladeforums.com I've...

Short term failure ? I wish I could remember the exact time but we had a short term failure of copper or copper alloy tubing.After all the tubing was replaced we found by chance that the crew that installed the heat exchanger originally used it as a urinal -too lazy to walk a short distance to...

What's the surface condition of the aluminum ? Oxides can be porous and hold oil.Can it be some reaction between oil and aluminum ?

Unclesyd , the old days , I remember them well ! Crucible recently made some CPM-D2 which has better properties by getting away from large carbides.I think this was made primarely for knife makers. I don't know if this will be continued with the sale of Crucible. I agree that H2 should be...

I thought these techniques were new ! Thanks, exactly what I wanted . Hard to keep up with thinks now that I'm retired.

You might like to read the comments in the link as far as non-standard 202. Poor quality 202 may be very different.http://www.worldstainless.org/NR/rdonlyres/16D7CBB1-1E5F-4338-9A5A-F53504A87667/3265/200seriesstainlesssteel.pdf

I like to try to keep up with metallurgy of cars and trucks. Is there a source for technical details ? Two items in perticular - "Forged powdered metal piston rods" and the liner material for a new aluminum block that uses a spray type coating instead of an iron liner. These are both Ford...

Don't confuse this with AISI A7 cold work die steel !!!

If you went to one of the knife forums such as Bladeforums, I would answer it and other questions as a metallurgy advisor !! Use a 95Sn-5Ag solder and use a flux that states 'for use on stainless steel'. Typical solder techniques are important - heat the blade to melt the solder ,the torch...

Here's an old railway bridge that has been saved and recently opened to pedestrian traffic. It's very high above the Hudson River and the view is fantastic ! I'm sure it will be a top tourist attraction. www.walkway.org

I have "Handbook of Concrete Construction" eigth edition 1943 . I can't find mention of classes and strengths are not here either.They just give mixtures for various applications.