chain ID

atakach

atakach

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i was told this was a conveyor chain of some sort, come out of a steel mill. really great looking stuff, but i think it's all the same material. it hardens, cause i tried and it also has sparks consistent with a HC steel,. does anybody know what this actually is and what it's made of?

i think it would be great welded in a can, but since i have no stainless sheet, or powdered metal, i have taken the time to sew nickle wire through a 12'' piece of this (every single frick'en whole)

anyway if ya can ID it i would appreciate it greatly.

Andy
 

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Just another mystery steel. The choice of alloy would depend on the use as far as temperature.
 
See how it etches by grinding a small piece clean and dunking it in Ferric Chloride. If it does dark, go with 4800KC powder from Kelly Cupples, if it stays shiney, go with 1095 powder :)

Best bet on composition is to find out from the guy that got it for you where they buy them. The manufacturer can probably help.

Worst case scenario, it'd make some cool fittings!

-d
 
That looks like the chain from a set of air powered spinning tongs used in the drilling industry. I've got some chain that looks like that somewhere, but have never gotten around to doing anything with it. I'm curious to know what it's composition is as well.

Todd
 
Looks like it will make some nice damascus to me

whatever its made of it must be good metal to take the beating
 
I had some similar chain I was told cam from a Kawasaki motor cycle timming chain. No the same but similar. I had 8 layers. teeth into teeth then back to back with teeth into teeth 4 times. Once the main block was set I hammered it flat. The pins elongated a little and the teeth to teeth made waves between the pins It all stretched out to make a bowie with the same pattern both sides.
Chain can be a bugger for slag incusions so make sure ye clean the chain to make sure any grease and crap is out of the inside links.
I did it free hand with the late Lloyd harding borax flux and sledge hammers.
Lloyd never did get to put handles on the blades.
 
Guy, if it has a Diamond stamp on the links or made in USA they go good with powder steel 1084 or 1095.
 
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