I have 4130 in sheets also - for making fittings, etc. I think the issue with welding "high strength" auto steel might be tempering, or the ruination of the same - - -
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Google doesn't seem to reveal much more than what I remembered which the > advice to "just don't do it". I did find some vauge references to carbon > embrittlement. > 4130 shows up mostly in tubing no? I'm wondering if the "high strength" is > really "high carbon" and something about acetylene mixes with the carbon to > do something funky. > -Curt -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
