Thread: Stainless W

Does anybody remember "Stainless W"?

When the precip hardening grades were (more or less) fresh on the scene, I was presented with a stock of this stuff and was told it was somewhat similar to 17-4, and instructed to make some odd ball spring-closed, hardened, and corrosion resistant collets to accept and accurately hold wooden skewers in a food machine.

I now, [a "few" years later, B-)] can't find my notes on the stuff.
I know what it is, yet it is a mystery metal.
My efforts with Google and Global Spec so far have been NG.

TIA Ag

Does anybody remember "Stainless W"?

When the precip hardening grades were (more or less) fresh on the scene, I was presented with a stock of this stuff and was told it was somewhat similar to 17-4, and instructed to make some odd ball spring-closed, hardened, and corrosion resistant collets to accept and accurately hold wooden skewers in a food machine.

I now, [a "few" years later, B-)] can't find my notes on the stuff.
I know what it is, yet it is a mystery metal.
My efforts with Google and Global Spec so far have been NG.

TIA Ag

Does anybody remember "Stainless W"?

When the precip hardening grades were (more or less) fresh on the scene, I was presented with a stock of this stuff and was told it was somewhat similar to 17-4, and instructed to make some odd ball spring-closed, hardened, and corrosion resistant collets to accept and accurately hold wooden skewers in a food machine.

I now, [a "few" years later, B-)] can't find my notes on the stuff.
I know what it is, yet it is a mystery metal.
My efforts with Google and Global Spec so far have been NG.

TIA Ag