Fred T Wrote:
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> I have now lost confidence in today's steel
> manufacturing. I haven't done much design with
> carbon steel, so I am not very familiar with the
> quality of the newer steels. I had assumed it was
> constantly being improved, similar to aluminum,
> stainless and the more exotic metals. Sounds like
> the quality has dropped since most of the US steel
> mills shut down.
>
Not necessairrly, Fred... it is just that the requirements have changed and therefore the mix of the alloy has also changed. If there were sufficient call for the older alloys these days, the manufacturers would again make it.
Bill Daniels
Santa Rosa, California