mnottertail -> RE: Toys (11/11/2004 9:17:15 AM)
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Well I have in my life been a welder and a blacksmith (ya; bang bang type: not horseshoes) I believe anyone in the know will agree that you have a dichotomy...... most of the stainless you are gonna see is 404 to 420 or so (its a manufacturing code) which is non-magnetic meaning no iron, this is why it does not rust, it has a high nickle content for softness and chromium for shine, but of course iron (actually steel) has stiffness, so in the knives stainlessware and so on they add some carbon to it for stiffness. [Grab a good butcher knife and stick the tip of it in your slaves shoulder bone and wiggle it a couple of times and you will see that it breaks off quite easily (oh you ruined my knife I am gonna have to punish you for real now)]............. I know the preceeding was a bad joke and I really apologize............ any way, unless you have a lot of tools and equipment, you probably want a stainless with high nickle (soft) and little to no carbon, and no chromium (brittle)........ I do not know the name of it but go to any local metal supplier and tell them that you are making dog collars for water spaniels...... need soft non-mag ss and they have a book that will give you uncountable choices, buy a little of each type that looks promising......and like real life ..experiment!! but unless you have alot of equip you are gonna probably end up not much more shiny than a new nickle you probably remember those shoe and belt buckles that were brushed chrome when we were kids? like that...now, if you got bucks go to your local jewler and have that silver plated (or gold) hope this helps and sorry that it took so long to get to the point.
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