I am going to buy about 2,000 lbs of steel round bar ranging 1" to 6" dia. in @ 3' long. The types are unknown although I suspect a lot of it is
0-1...it just feels and looks like 0-1 (I didn't smell it) I can spark-test for 0-1 and crs and try heat-treating some samples in-house. I was thinking of sending some slices to my heat-treater and have him treat it like various popular steels and see what comes out right. Is there a better way of distinguishing the types? I knew the guy that bought it to supply a small die operation but he's dead now. I just "feel" he would have bought 0-1 and D-2 and not exotic stuff.- posted
19 years ago