Hi,
I'm buying some stainless steel from metals on the web to make up a pair of L shaped brackts for mounting my Taylors cooker: an Ideal-K which is also stainless steel.
I'm not familiar with the different properties or finishes. Can anyone advise on what I should use for the marine environment: 304 or 316 grade.
Also the different finishes: unpolished, dull polished or bright annealed. Presumerably I would want dull polished or bright annealed, but I don't know what they look like. Is a Taylors cooker dull polished or bright annealed? Looks pretty shiney to me, so I'm assuming it's bright annealed, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
What is the best way to work with 2-3mm sheet stainless steel. I'm assuming I can cut it with either a hack saw or fine cutting wheel on the angle grinder, and then tidy up with coarse and fine files.
What about putting a bend in it. I have a beefy gas torch which can be used for metal work and the instructions explain that I should clamp the metal and then heat along the bend line before applying steady pressure to bend the metal. I want to put a 90 degree bend in to form an L shape. Will this work for stainless steel say 2 or 3mm thick.
If it all works, I may try making other fittings.
Advice and comments appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark.
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