Too small to be used directly for lathe toolbits but
big enough to solder to a steel bar to make toolbits.
If you were in the US, I would buy some!
chuck
I will sell you all the carbide insets you want, used but great for
making special tooling, for $5.00/lb. That makes the Stellite a poor
value in my book. Leigh at MarMachine
Nope. Also carbide does not handle shock well.
"
Three applications of stellite #6: One day there was a box of #6
stellite TIG rods in the blowout sale bin at my local welding supply
shop. I grabbed them.
I have an older but perfectly serviceable (except for one problem)
electric
stove. The contacts on the plug-in elements are a bullet shaped copper
cylinder molded onto the end of the wire that sticks out of the
connector end
of the elements. The copper corodes slightly, contact resistance
increases,
more heat is generated, corrosion rate increases, even more heat is
generated,
..., connector mounted on stove top fails. I managed to score one of
the last
stove top connectors for this model in captivity - mfr wants you to
replace
element AND connector with "new" expensive style.
My fix: melt off copper "bullet", build up Stellite #6 bullet, grind to
final
shape. Clean contacts on stove top connectors and re-install all. Fix
was
done in '96 - all contacts are still bright and clean.
I have a TIG outfit so why did I use O/A for this? Answer: What would
you do
for a ground? There is no room where the wire exits the element and the
other
end is a lot of resistance away.
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I have an HD center punch that I made by TIGing a blob of stellite onto
the
end of a piece of scrap re-bar. I then put this in the lathe and shaped
the
tip with carbide cutters. The stuff must work harden 'cause I had to
sharpen
it once shortly after I made it about three years ago. It has never
needed
sharpening since.
==
I made a cold/hot chisel by the above procedure. Works very well.
Loaned it to a friend to knock knobs off concrete. When he returned
it, it was still quite sharp and has no chipping on the edge.
"
Ted
"> I made a cold/hot chisel by the above procedure. Works very well.
That stellite is tuff stuff. I use a few for my lathe.
Stellite is also used for valves on aircraft engines. When you regrind a
valve/seat, you can see the layer, where the stellite is.
my 2 cents
I used to make bearings out of Stellite bar stock.
And we got more then that for the chips.
I had to buy solid carbide files to burr the edges.
And Hi Speed tools would not touch the stuff.
I think a bar of 1 7/16 round stock was $4600.
A long time ago. I still have a few bearings in my tool box.
Jim
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