I was cutting (foolishly) some AR400 - pre-hardened and fights
abrations... It was shiny and when it used up a blade I checked
the specs and shot myself into the foot... Chrome Molly and more
large body atoms.

Martin

On 3/2/2013 12:41 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:17:56 -0600, Ignoramus9672
wrote:

My small bandsaw with a Starrett blade works extremely well to cut
regular steel. I have been cutting a lot of 4-6 inch rouds without a
problem.

Everything else, that looks funky, I test with a file to see if the
file can easily scratch that steel.

So, today I took a piece of somewhat sniny, magnetic steel, tested it
with a file, and set in the bandsaw.

To my surprise, the bandsaw does cut it, but it works 10 times slower
than for the usual steel. The shavings are also longer in length than
usual. Again, this steel is somewhat shiny and magnetic. Any idea what
it could be, 416 or some such?

i
Or 15-5 or 17-4.