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Very nice work sir.

Well, I just found out about the steel today. I’ve been working on getting the property for about a month now. It’s almost ready and so am I! Out there I won’t have to worry about the neighbors complaining about my dog or the chickens lol

Awesome. Thanks guys. I’ve got Brad’s number. I’ll have to give him a call when the time comes. Jeremy, yessir. Tony is a great guy. Him and his son Reese have helped me out a lot.

Hey guys, does anyone know if natural gas is a viable option for forging instead of propane? The reason I ask is because my wife and I are buying a nice place with a house, garage, several outbuildings, and 9.25 acres. Back in the thirtys they came to the folks living in this area and said...

Still need to ask someone but I suspect that I can find the info I need by going straight through the steel manufacturer -maybe on their website by using the info on this tag in the heat info number. Im not concerned about asking just thinking that there’s a good chance they will not know...

Almost everything I do is stock removal so I’m good there.

Thanks for that John W. Is it safe to assume that 1074 is the same as 1075? Do they ht similarly?

Not sure on that one John, I’ll do some checking into it and see. It looks like everything I've seen is cold rolled. Not sure if it’s annealed or not. I do know when we drilled scrap pieces for shims to put under punches or dies on our tooling, it’s almost never hard to drill. That being said, I...

Yessir, it wouldn’t be all that cheap if I got fired over it lol.

Good thoughts guys. I checked with the plant manager earlier this morning and he said he’s good with it. Sooo.... looks like I’ve absolutely lucked out on this one. :D

Are any of those steels hamonable?

Also, those two labels I took pics of are only two out of hundreds of coils of steel so there is plenty of thickness variations to choose from. Is there any concern with stresses from the stamping process?

I just got a piece of 1074, .110”x13.5”x35”.

Correct.

Looks like everything I can get is in the ballpark of .110”-.250” mostly around an eighth.

01 too...

Also stamp 4140. Not sure about that steel either. Is it good for anything?

Ok guys I’m a bit excited about this. I work in a tool and die shop that makes and services stamping dies for the automotive industry. To cut to the chase here, I just found out today that some of the steel we stamp is 1055 and 1074! Now, I (think I) understand that 1055 is decent knife steel...

Without a doubt the variable speed is worth any extra money you’ll spend on it. Buy once, cry once certainly applies here.

Happy Birthday man!