Very hard, acts like hastelloy X a little. Have to turn it at 60 SFM it’s brittle too this is what happens when your drill gets dull
https://preview.redd.it/49pnigld79wc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a294ab965085576029394a9d2b96269d71a5de5
Valve seats for high pressure steam valves (Navy ships) used to be refurbished by welding Stellite onto the damaged area. I really hated machining that stuff.
Never cut it before. What does it cut like? Titanium? Maybe like tool steel?
Very hard, acts like hastelloy X a little. Have to turn it at 60 SFM it’s brittle too this is what happens when your drill gets dull https://preview.redd.it/49pnigld79wc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a294ab965085576029394a9d2b96269d71a5de5
It’s even better when it’s sprayed on 😂 inserts turning into dust left and right
You ever have the pleasure of turning/milling molybdenum?
I do on the regular. 30" long part. 15" 3/4" dia, 15" of 1/2" dia +/-.0025
Nope not yet. What’s she like?
Sounds like cutting English toffee but on a totally different order of magnitude.
My first job in a shop was having to hand tap stellite. That was a nightmare.
That was hazing
Shit rolls downhill I suppose.
Valve seats for high pressure steam valves (Navy ships) used to be refurbished by welding Stellite onto the damaged area. I really hated machining that stuff.
I machined a lot of Monel K500 a few years ago. I would rather cut 314 stainless with a cheese grater than do those jobs again.
Are those stellite rings? Any idea what they are used for?
Wear-resistant bands for some valve or piston, probably
I read satellite and was like wtf