Methods for flattening coil steel?

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I just got some 1095 in, and one of the thicknesses was only available as coiled strip. What are the most efficient and effective ways of getting pieces of formerly coiled steel as flat as bar stock?

I've never used coil stock for anything that had to be approximately flat before, so this is unexplored territory for me.
 
I may not be understanding you but by coiled strip do you mean similar to a car coil spring? If so what I have done is just cut off about what you think you will use for one knife, and forge it straight, then flat. That is the easiest way for me to handle something that big.


-Adam
 
Adam Reese said:
I may not be understanding you but by coiled strip do you mean similar to a car coil spring? If so what I have done is just cut off about what you think you will use for one knife, and forge it straight, then flat. That is the easiest way for me to handle something that big.


-Adam
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I do stock removal. I don't even know anyone personally who has a forge and lives within 500 miles.

Burton said:
If it is coiled strip must be pretty thin right?
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It's 1095 a bit under 0.1" thick. A nice thickness for making peanut-sized slipjoints, if I can flatten it.
 
Probably the best way is to make a fixture that holds the strip flat and put it all in a furnace to stress relieve. Something like 700-1200 F.
 
A stock removal maker without a HT oven will not have good results with coiled strip 1095. Order it in flat bar, CRA or HRA form Aldo or a Knife Supplier. For making slip joints and folders, PG flat stock is an even better idea. Call Aldo.

I assume you got the strip from a metals supplier or a spring shop.
 
I have a small digital control electric kiln which I could use for this sort of thing. Can someone show me a fixture of this sort which is designed to let the stock piece heat up as quickly as is reasonable?
 
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