JDarty6173 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I was going to go ahead and pick up some Stainless Steel from a local Fastenal but am not real sure which I need to get. Could someone please take a look at this Fastenal product page and point out which steel I should pick up? Fastenal Stainless Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrush Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Get the 303 stainless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxyj75 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 The 303 will be the same stuff a shiny is made of; 304 stainless is slightly weaker than the 303. Might wanna get a stick of both, as I've heard the Fastenal 303 can be a good bit tougher than FBBC 303. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDarty6173 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Great, thanks for the info guys. I guess I will pick up some of both. Unfortunately it will probably be a week or so before I can bend it. I need to let my hands heal up from the 3 bending sessions I had this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKtheGreek Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 (edited) 303 stainless from fastenal is much much much harder than a shiny from fbbc. The kink is a bit easier than an edgin at 7 inch's and the crush is a bit harder then an edgin at 1/2 inch shorter legnth. Edited December 11, 2008 by TKtheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Agree totally with these guys of course, but I definitely think you ought to pick up some of the Stainless-304 if for warmups at least. It's nice if you're focusing on a certain Shiny cert or goal to do all your bends in Stainless. You can of course bend 1/4", 1/4" Square, 9/32", and then whatever else Stainless you want to. But it's what I've recommended for a few guys I trained that nailed a Huge Shiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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