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In 2009, I started on my buzz saw build. Already having a pair of 2 inch pillow block bearings, I asked a steel reseller if he had any 2 inch cold rolled. He said he was out, but did have some other type, and took me out to a metal rack and pointed to some shiny 12 ft. long bars and said that he bought these because he thought they were stainless steel, then found out they were not. Why I didn't ask him if he knew what they, were I do not know. He said they were 30 Bucks each. I wasn't going to be doing any welding on it so figured it would make a fine saw arbor, so I bought one. He brought the bar into his shop and cut it in two with his bandsaw. Next day, I was at the local scrap yard treasure hunting, and lo and behold, there sits an old Sears buzz saw on the pile. I bought the old saw and after a lot of modifications I had a three point hitch powered saw.
Present day, I am building the Hugh McDonald blacksmith rolling mill for my grandson. The rollers are just mild steel. The top roller is 2 inch diameter. So I brought up the mystery metal to make the top roller out of. Here is a photo of the bar end that the reseller cut with his bandsaw.
It has been sitting out in the weather since 2009, Not one sign of rust. I live in the high desert with low humidity, but stuff still rusts some. The small magnet is attracted to the bar with what seems the same amount of attraction as the cold rolled steel bar that I compared it with. The chips coming off the saw are very bright and some seem to fly around unlike the cold rolled 2-1/2 inch bar that I cut that just came off the blade in a steady stream. I haven't used much stainless at all but to me this sure seems like some type of stainless. Hope it didn't come from Chernobyl.
In 2009, I started on my buzz saw build. Already having a pair of 2 inch pillow block bearings, I asked a steel reseller if he had any 2 inch cold rolled. He said he was out, but did have some other type, and took me out to a metal rack and pointed to some shiny 12 ft. long bars and said that he bought these because he thought they were stainless steel, then found out they were not. Why I didn't ask him if he knew what they, were I do not know. He said they were 30 Bucks each. I wasn't going to be doing any welding on it so figured it would make a fine saw arbor, so I bought one. He brought the bar into his shop and cut it in two with his bandsaw. Next day, I was at the local scrap yard treasure hunting, and lo and behold, there sits an old Sears buzz saw on the pile. I bought the old saw and after a lot of modifications I had a three point hitch powered saw.
Present day, I am building the Hugh McDonald blacksmith rolling mill for my grandson. The rollers are just mild steel. The top roller is 2 inch diameter. So I brought up the mystery metal to make the top roller out of. Here is a photo of the bar end that the reseller cut with his bandsaw.
It has been sitting out in the weather since 2009, Not one sign of rust. I live in the high desert with low humidity, but stuff still rusts some. The small magnet is attracted to the bar with what seems the same amount of attraction as the cold rolled steel bar that I compared it with. The chips coming off the saw are very bright and some seem to fly around unlike the cold rolled 2-1/2 inch bar that I cut that just came off the blade in a steady stream. I haven't used much stainless at all but to me this sure seems like some type of stainless. Hope it didn't come from Chernobyl.
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