[Steam-engine] Stainless vs. Sch 80

[Rick Rowlands]

Is all stainless subject to stress corrosion cracking or has a grade of 
stainless been developed that has addressed that issue?

Rick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy glines" <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:59 AM
Subject: RE: [Steam-engine] Stainless vs. Sch 80


> Thank you all for your answers to my question.  Look
> like a pretty one-sided discussion so far.  You folks
> have presented some valuable tips.  Does anyone have
> experience with Stainless on a traction engine?  I was
> visiting with Tom Hall from Newburgh IN a couple of
> weeks ago and he is the one who put the stainless bug
> in my ear.  Tom has the most beautiful and best
> running Keck-Gonnerman that I havew ever seen and I
> take his advice seriously.  Tom has mild steel
> plumbing on his Keck and he told me that if he were to
> do it again it would get stainless.  Tom tells me that
> he has some trouble with rust in the pipes.  Has rust
> been a big problem for you folks?  How do you deal
> with it?
>
>> From: "Andy glines" <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Steam"
>> <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 8:42 AM
>> Subject: [Steam-engine] Stainless vs. Sch 80
>>
>>
>> > Now I'm going to start a debate.  Hopefully
>> (fingers
>> > crossed) it won't be long before I need to start
>> > installing new plumbing on the Huber.  As per
>> > suggestions here and at Steam School I am planning
>> to
>> > use Sch. 80 steel pipe.  I have had two people
>> > recommend stainless steel to me this summer.  Has
>> > anyone gone with stainless?  Which grade of
>> stainless
>> > should I use?  How much more $$$ for stainless?
>> Give
>> > me your opinions.
>> >
>> > Andy Glines
>> > Evansville, IN
>> >
>
>
> Andy Glines
> Evansville, IN
>
>
>
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