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On 2/24/18 4:24 PM, doug wrote:
Traditional cutting torch will not cut SS.
Doug
My email got cutoff (hit send too quick)- but to explain, a traditional
cutting torch relies on getting the metal hot, then blasting it with
pure oxygen, which "burns" the metal away - with steel, it burns quite
nicely. Stainless, on the other hand, doesn't burn as well.
I will confess that I've not tried to cut SS with a torch, since I had a
plasma cutter handy, and I preferred that for cutting just about
anything. However, it would seem that as long as you were cutting
something reasonably thin, that a standard torch would cut it - SS,
after all, is mostly iron, with added nickel and chromium. On the
other hand, the products of combustion for nickel and chromium are
probably pretty icky.
The plas cutter also makes a much, much cleaner cut.
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On 2/24/18 9:12 AM, doug wrote:
I think you will find that the SS globe is VERY hard SS, Your best
drill will probably only scratch it. The best way I have found is to
nest the globe in something and use a dermel with the "TINY" cutoff
disc that comes with it. That little disc is only .026 X 1" and goes
through like butter.
Doug
This is why if you have access to someone with a plasma cutter, it's
great. It's what plasma cutters were invented for, since traditional
cutting torches use pure oxygen to do the cutting.