CDA Bars & Rails
Cold Drawn - a Process Not a Material Cold Roll or Cold Drawn bar is often requested from a supplier as if the term indicated a grade of steel. Those terms refer to production methods not chemistry or grade. I…
When Hot Rolled Steel? – When Cold Finished Steel?
Whoever said; "Cuts like butter, or, Machines like butter", may not have meant that was a good thing. Visualize butter; not cryogenic butter. The thing is, you need a little hardness (read as strength) if you are expecting decent cutting…
What is Brake Die Steel?
Let's begin this post with two of my favorite words; Ubiquitous; (everywhere, like raindrops during a storm), and, Esoteric; (known by a select small group of people). What do these mean? Brake Die, Gun Barrel or Rifle Stock, Pump Shaft Straightness,…
Ten Points to Eliminate Mistakes on Finish Size – Bar Clean Up, For Steel Bars
We have talked about round bar grinding in the past. The following posts will look deeper into the communicating skills that will help you minimize disappointments in this area. Unfortunately, more people than not have purchased a bar of steel…