Im getting a mild steel FW chassis made up. My question is how much roughly (and does anyone know who could do it) it would cost to the whole thing hardened in some way? im guessing nitrade hardened or something similar.
Cheers
Dan
I dont think you want nitride hardning as that is just making the suface hard- i think you want to make the steel itself stronger so you need to anneal it.
anything that generally strengthens the frame!
I don't think there is a reasonable, affordable way to strengthen a mild steel frame trough surface hardening.
All heat treatment can result in warping, especialy in sharp edged shapes. That is another matter, isn't it?
Is this for armour or structural? If it's plate for armour we have had great success with nitride coating over the years. Razer was also Nitride coated and held up well.
It would be a monocoque chassis/ frame.
That is another matter.
But still, heat treatments ain't cheap is done by pro's.
Your right Mario, they're not cheap - they're quite often free
If you want your bits coated then it's worth ringing around your local hardening places and see if any of them will do it for you for free as sponsorship. It's worth reading up Ed's sponsorship guide if you've not tried getting sponsored things before.
Will do! Cheers. Have to have a look again as I couldn't find anything too local when having a quick look yesterday. Hopefully having the whole thing done will be possible
Grant, it seems places for heat treatments have other idea's over here than there.
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