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Re: Substitute for AISI 1045
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Posted by: adyonel ® 09/17/2005, 05:41:07 Author Profile Mail author Edit

do you want to heat treat this material?

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Substitute for AISI 1045
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Posted by: calvindral ® 09/20/2005, 08:57:44 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I would prefer to not have to heat treat. That adds a variable and a cost into the part I would like to avoid.

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Re: Substitute for AISI 1045
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Posted by: adyonel ® 09/20/2005, 09:30:00 Author Profile Mail author Edit

If you don't like an alloyed steel (much expensive), use 1030 or 1022. Also, 1117 or 1137 normalized are good.

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Re: Substitute for AISI 1045
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Posted by: randykimball ® 09/15/2005, 23:49:28 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I tend to use 1018 CF. It welds well, machines well, is easy to work with and is easy to get. In fact I tend to use it more that 1045. It is not quite as strong but a fairly good match in my opinion. This comes from my strong machine shop background. -randy- The worst suggestion of your lifetime may be the catalyst to the grandest idea of the century, never let suggestions go unsaid nor fail to listen to them.

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