Stainless San Mai tutorial?

[Matt Rochester]

I'm looking for a tutorial or some info on making stainless San Mai. I know the welding temps will be higher but I'm not sure how high. I was thinking of 316 and 1095. My plan is to TIG it all the way around after it's super clean and flat. May even take it by a buddy of mines to run it on the surface grinder. Then just go at it and see what happens.

 

[kuraki]

That's what I did. How hot? I was bright yellow. Welds took fine. Where I screwed up on a couple billets was over heating when drawing out and trying to draw too much at a time. Squished the carbon steel out like an Oreo you left on your dash in Phoenix.

 

[Tom Lewis]

I wrote a tutorial on this awhile back. You might check for it. I would recommend using 410 for the stainless steel. If you can't find what I wrote I will do it again.

 

[Matt Rochester]

I wrote a tutorial on this awhile back. You might check for it. I would recommend using 410 for the stainless steel. If you can't find what I wrote I will do it again.

Thanks Tom. I'll look again if I can figure out the new search function!

 

[Matt Rochester]

That's what I did. How hot? I was bright yellow. Welds took fine. Where I screwed up on a couple billets was over heating when drawing out and trying to draw too much at a time. Squished the carbon steel out like an Oreo you left on your dash in Phoenix.

Thanks buddy! I'll take it slow and see what happens.

 

[Matt Rochester]

For some reason I can't scroll down in the custom search. Maybe someone could link it?

 

[kuraki]

I believe this is the thread Tom was referring to: http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/wip-cinco-mai.1444095/

 

[Tom Lewis]

Thanks, Kuraki, you found it.

 

[Tom Lewis]

Now the real San Mai expert on this forum is Karl Anderson. Maybe someone could get him do a WIP.

 

[Tom Lewis]