<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">Less of an issue for me as I have access to heat treating equipment, but thanks for the heads-up. I still have work to do before I'll have a complete cut list ready, and I'll shop it around.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sean<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On November 9, 2015 6:14:30 AM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447073953967_2432">Sean,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447073953967_2432">You likely already know this , but, Var-Steel is the way to go for steel cut outs. I priced both EE and Var-Steel and Var-Steel was half the price for my 1 and 2 inch material. Var-Steel also has rolling and bending service and I mean BIG stuff. I know you have pressing covered. One down side to Var-Steel is they flame cut and 516-70N is very susceptible to surface hardening. I have had a real hard time machining the cut edge, in fact I could not. When they cut my thick plate for the hatch and port frames, I will ask them to cut my stuff at the end of the shift so the pieces can cool on the cutting table. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447073953967_2432">Hank</div></div><p
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