[HN Gopher] The Rise of Steel - Part I
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       The Rise of Steel - Part I
        
       Author : walterbell
       Score  : 76 points
       Date   : 2023-01-07 13:51 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | Lio wrote:
       | Despite all the modern materials available steel still holds a
       | special place in the hearts of hobby machinists.
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       | That a material like silver-steel[1] you can turn pretty easily
       | on a small lathe and then later harden with just a blow torch to
       | make a new useful tool is a little bit of magic.
       | 
       | Steel's still real.
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       | 1. I _think_ what we call silver-steel is roughly similar to some
       | of the US "drill rod" grades.
        
         | dieselgate wrote:
         | Couldn't have said it better, steel is real indeed! In the past
         | decade the only thing to grab my interest _more_ than
         | programming has been metal working (mostly steel). Welding as a
         | process and field is incredibly fascinating (and fun! [and
         | loud]), watching the liquid pool while welding never gets old.
         | I particularly enjoy how "predictable" steel and other physical
         | materials are, in that they can be utilized and engineered to
         | perform differently across a range of environments (stainless
         | steel being one example). And of course we have rust/oxidation
         | which is always fun (such an "earth problem" heh)
        
       | cassepipe wrote:
       | Acoup has a collection of articles on how Iron (not steel) was
       | made in the ancient times :
       | https://acoup.blog/2020/11/06/collections-iron-how-did-they-...
        
       | walterbell wrote:
       | 3D printing of steel components is a modern option,
       | https://facfox.com/docs/kb/the-10-best-metal-3d-printing-ser...
        
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