New guy from northern California

[Steve Nielsen]

Originally Posted by Jaroslav

Welcome Steve, I'm wrestling with stainless steel in a few threads. My main weapon is that on stainless steel you have to be careful with punches and never hard. Then it is obedient to you.

Thank you and yes, you got that right. Stainless has been a challenge, in most every aspect, from cutting, shaping, drilling etc. For me, its always come down to countless hours of trial and error, as well as researching the best tooling for the task at hand. I'll exhaust every possibility to make something work with what I have to work with. Which usually leads me to learn something new. Many times realize I just need better equipment to achieve the results I'm looking for. A perfect example is the 14GA Baileigh shrinker / stretcher I bought a few months ago. Its saved countless hours already.