Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] an interesting material was Re: Hardinge

You can cast the iron in any shape you want at home if your willing to take
the time to build the small amount of equipment necessary to undertake the
work.

Smoke
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Kimberlin <kimberln@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] an interesting material was Re: Hardinge

>"Sven Peter, TAD S.A." wrote:
>>
>> Smoke wrote:
>>
>> > Speaking of materials, another good one which is even stronger than

cast

>> > iron is cast meehanite....an alloy of cast iron.
>> >
>> > Smoke
>> >
>> I want to ad nodular cast. it is 3 times as tought as grey cast and you
>> get profiles of shelf
>> for perhaps 30 percent more then grey cast. And these profiles normally
>> are ageed already.
>
>I always thought that meehanite was just a process, not anything
>different from ordinary cast iron. Nodular cast iron is also
>quite good. My concern with cast iron is to obtain it in square,
>round, rectangular, and round-cored. I've bought all these
>shapes which are provided continuously cast by Wells Mfg. Co. If
>you have the capability of casting iron yourself (or work in a
>foundry like I used to), you can certainly try to get/make
>something special. But generally a large volume of material is
>needed to make a specialty casting melt worthwhile. Thus, I opt
>for the off-the-shelf availability which covers much of my
>needs. This is why I mentioned Dura Bar as a possibility.
>http://www.dura-bar.com/index.cfm and why I mentioned Metal Mart
>as a supplier of some of the Dura Bar products
>http://www.metalmart.com/
>
>The reasoning behind this comes from the hobbyist point of view,
>where we don't need a large amount of stuff but frequently want
>something of known quality with no-place to get it... Once you
>begin to specify particulars, the price goes out of sight for
>small quantities.
>
>Regards to all,
>
>JerryK
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