David Paule
Well Known Member
I ordered a piece of 18 gauge (.050") stainless steel from these folks. It was easy to order what I wanted from their site to the exact size, and a phone call got delivery at my house the next morning. Delivery was roughly half the steel cost, but it came quickly.
One side of the stainless steel has vinyl on it like we're used to seeing. Unfortunately the other side had some fairly deep scratches, enough that if this had been an airplane structural part I'd have had to reject it. The sheet remained flat, which was fine - this stainless steel is being used for a work bench countertop. The scratches didn't hurt bonding it to the work bench's structure. There had been some oil or something on the bare surface, but that was easy to clean off.
I hope that the surface under the vinyl is okay, guess I'll have to let you know when I pull it off.
So good news and bad here.
Dave
One side of the stainless steel has vinyl on it like we're used to seeing. Unfortunately the other side had some fairly deep scratches, enough that if this had been an airplane structural part I'd have had to reject it. The sheet remained flat, which was fine - this stainless steel is being used for a work bench countertop. The scratches didn't hurt bonding it to the work bench's structure. There had been some oil or something on the bare surface, but that was easy to clean off.
I hope that the surface under the vinyl is okay, guess I'll have to let you know when I pull it off.
So good news and bad here.
Dave
). Occasionally I have some luck and find some suitable material(shape/grade/thickness) worth keeping the shop stocked with. Good because a lot of my custom work ends up being revision 2 or 3 before I'm happy with it!
