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Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Visit my web site: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj Email: flyk...@wi.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+flykr2s=wi.rr....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+flykr2s=wi.rr....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Wayne Williams Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:30 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: Réf. : RE: KR> 4130 steel Serge,bought 1/2" strips from Wicks Aircraft. I think they cut them for me for a very nominal cost. Wayne Williams Grenada,Mississippi,USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Serge VIDAL" <serge.vi...@sagem.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:52 AM Subject: Réf. : RE: KR> 4130 steel > That's exactly what I had in mind. Besides, I will have that shipped to > France, so sheets would be a silly option anyway. > It's a pity there are no strips aailable in 1/2" width, to make rear WAFs. > > Serge Vidal > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > Paris, France > > > > > > "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> > > Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net > 2005-06-07 06:06 > Veuillez répondre à KRnet > Remis le : 2005-06-07 06:06 > > > Pour : "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : RE: KR> 4130 steel > > > > The 4130 from Spruce is all normalized. I do have one suggestion. Buy > the > strips, not the sheet. The strips are cold rolled so they have a nice > smooth finish. 1/8" sheet stock in 4130 is no longer available anywhere > in > the U.S. in cold rolled, only hot rolled so they have mill scale on them. > Unless you were going to water jet them or something and wanted to cut out > of a sheet you would want strips cut to width anyway. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of > Mark Langford > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:19 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> 4130 steel > > > Serge wrote: > >> >If I buy strips of 4130 steel of the correct thickness from Aircraft >> >Spruce, can I use them as they are to make WAFs, or is there any >> >treatment (other that surface treatment) that I must apply? > > The heat treatment is "condition N". You can either start there or end > there, but that's the way it needs to be when you're finished. I think > when > you buy it from AS&S, that's the way it is, but I'd check to make sure. > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
