Stainless Steel Baby

Hub · 12-16-2003, 10:00 AM

Two things, There seems to be some confusion about my building the babies, I still will do the Lugers but no more SS mitchels other than reducing them in size and the owner completing them.
In my experience the 300 & 400 series of Stainles can be Tig welded with little difficulty, just keep everything as clean as possible as you would in silver soldering. Actually the older Lugers are sometimes more difficult to do as many of them have rust and yes steel is porous and they get oil contaminated after many years.

12-16-2003, 10:00 AM	#14
Hub User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Decatur, IN Posts: 61 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Two things, There seems to be some confusion about my building the babies, I still will do the Lugers but no more SS mitchels other than reducing them in size and the owner completing them. In my experience the 300 & 400 series of Stainles can be Tig welded with little difficulty, just keep everything as clean as possible as you would in silver soldering. Actually the older Lugers are sometimes more difficult to do as many of them have rust and yes steel is porous and they get oil contaminated after many years.