Alloy desk · 6 essays
Stainless grades and alloys
304, 316, 430 and the duplex cousins Australian trades actually order — and the magnet test that still fools people on site.
Index
Stainless steel topic hubs
The old shop sorted metal by grade, finish and folded shape. The journal keeps that map. Every hub links onward to reported essays — none of these pages is a dead end.
Mill floor · 5 essays
Sheet, plate and finishes
2B, No. 4, bright annealed and No. 8 — plus the sheet sizes and millimetre thicknesses Australian trades actually order.
Saw and folder · 8 essays
Custom-cut stainless and sections
The cut-to-size promise the old Melbourne site was built on — sheet blanks, folded angle, channel, Z, flat bar and the tolerance that never is zero.
Shop and site · 5 essays
Fabrication, welding and care
TIG on 304 and 316, tea staining after a coastal month, passivation, chloride cleaning mistakes, and when aluminium or galvanised is the better metal.
Food side · 4 essays
Kitchens and hygiene stainless
Benchtops, commercial canteens, coving, corner guards and outdoor cooking — the food-side of the old custom-cut catalogue.
Salt air · 4 essays
Marine, balustrade and outdoors
316 posts, A4 fasteners, pool fences and the tea-stain season that follows a coastal install.
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