So you don’t think that I can draw the steel that thin? I was thinking of using hot rolled .125" by 3" stock that has been annealed in a gas furnace and pickled afterward. Do you think that this would suffice in normalizing the material? As far as the alloy goes, I wonder what they used in WWI when they started to make casings out of steel. I read a patent that used 1020 mild steel. I assumed that they could be made out of that alloy, although I am aware that patents don’t actually fallow reality. I don’t know, most of this stuff is new to me, I guess that’s why I am here huh. Thanks for the help by the way, I have said it before, this is my favorite forum. Allot of knowledge and experience here!
so about press sizeing? to punch out 5 per stroke? 30 ton? 50 ton? 100 ton? just as a guess what size of press would you use? |