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Working with stainless steel.

• Stainless steel distorts up to 70% more than other steels when heat is applied, and therefore much more care should be taken when welding, cutting, and even polishing.

• When welding stainless steel be sure to aim the heat away from the job and remember to use chill bars or even to cool the work with water.

• Cutting stainless steel for the average person should be done using an angle grinder with a 1mm thick cutting disk, remember the thinner the disk the better, as this will cut through a lot easier. A thicker cutting disk will only add more heat and it will harden the steel making your job of cutting the steel more difficult with a possibly burning your work.

• Bending stainless can be a little difficult also as it work hardens very quickly, after only a few bends the steel forms cracks and will break very easily.


Note: Any steel will expand when heated and contract when cooled and it is important to know that the steel will expand or contract in a uniform manner, for example of you were to apply heat to a ring of steel it will expand in a way that will increase the outer as well as the inner circumference and the opposite would occur if cooled.

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