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I'm getting ready to order some metal for some future projects, and i can't decide what to use for a specific part. My lathe uses a banjo and change gears for threading and controlling feed rate, and they are a fiddly pain in the butt to deal with. Thus, I've decided to redesign them. I'm stuck on what materiel to use, it will need to be a decent bearing surface, and thread well. I was thinking about using one of the following,as they have decent/good machinability rating.
I'm going to order stock from http://www.speedymetals.com/ if that matters.
- 1144 (83%)
- 1117 (91%)
- 1215 (136%)
- 12L14 (170%)
I'm going to order stock from http://www.speedymetals.com/ if that matters.