ProRancher, your the best. Just what I needed to help me identify my scrap metals. Thanks for the detail information, very helpful.

Excellent video, fast and informative. Will be watching this several times.thank you!

Excellent video,I really like how you keep samples of known steels to help determine an unknown steel composition.

I'm glad I spent the time watching this because I wanted to now what I was working with but unfortunately I'm 57 no I don't think I've enough time left to study the spark difference to identify things correctly but was enformative thanks

Really efficient but also thorough, good job man!

That video was really good, I learned a lot.Thank You.

Thank you for warning people about the danger of grinding aluminum. The last video I watched ground aluminum and made no mention of it inherent danger.

Very cool video. I'm a sheetmetal apprentice and these videos on metal I like.

The video I was looking for. Thank You.

The stainless steel and high speed steel also look similar. It seems the sound and color would be the only way to tell them apart. I figured the hss would have some bursts on the end. Why is that?

I also like the hacksaw test which can easily differentiate medium carbon or CrMo from true high carbon steel. Everyone knows that hacksaw blades have HSS teeth. Most underrated tool ever made. By the way, I buy Lenox blades the most because they are American made.

A great demonstration video for a spark test. Appreciate your effort. Thanks a lot for educating me. :)

Nice video, it would be nice on a future video if you could do a split screen to show 2 different metals at once for a better comparison

That coil spring has higher carbon than any spring that I made into cold chisels recently. My recycled springs are only slightly harder than CrMo and my hacksaw can easily scuff of any oil hardened areas. It seems that modern coil springs are made of either CrMo or S7.

Cool channel. I watch a lot of videos about survival, bushcraft, "prepping," that sort of thing. I'm also an amateur knife maker, so the spark test video piqued my interest. You have a lot of material and information that would come in quite handy in a "s*** hits the fan" scenario. And your videos are fun to watch. Sub'd. 👍

Thanks so much for this video!

Wow, I learned some new things today. Thanks PR!

Im subscribed with you because i like seeing you shoot things :)

thank you for this well explained and informative content, I appreciate it very much.

great video how about CAST STEEL ???

Titanium sparks are crazy! Like white.

I was getting ready to assume that only ferrous metal sparked, but then you brought out the titanium and sparked that. I'm trying to differentiate pure nickel strips from nickel plated steel. Both are magnetic. So far, it looks like nickel does not spark, but is that true?

This was VERY useful thanks!

Many new files are case hardened now, not sure if Nicholson's are still 1095 like they once were

Very informational!!!! KEEP IT UP

For low and medium alloy steel ?

useful video

Thanks. Very useful video

What about cold rolled steel and hot rolled steel ? Ik hot rolled has a black looking coat to it but what if that is sanded off? Im going to school to be a machinist

The last piece of metal was nickel titanium - NiTi. It has shape memory.

really useful thank you

Question: can I identify the metal using a hand grinder tool instead of a stationed grinder?

@luciusirving5926

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and remember to always wear safety glasses or faceshield. So you can see the sparks without taking chances.

Well done!

Good video, thanks

Thanks vey informative.

Good job thanks.

Great vid

Can you use an angle grinder for this?

Great vidio very useful

is that a tooth off a hay rake or tedder?

What did you do to the thumb?

Hey man, in your next video can you explain how magnets work?

I just pooped my pants

How did you learn everything?

Can you use a 1x30 belt sander to do this?

@robert8552

9 жыл бұрын

nike carsols I guess it depends upon the speed that its moving at!

What about a magnet? That would rule out aluminum and stainless

thanks

The company I work for moves ALOT of steel, prime and secondary. That's why we bought one, we see some high amounts of manganese and chromium in what is supposed to be high carbon, under .35 Mn but the dam mill can't get it right and they wonder why they having to sell.

Muito interessante, eu trabalho com o teste de faísca no brasil!

I bought a box of sparks once. When I got home and opened the box, all the sparks had gone out. Why are people constantly ripping me off?

@7Flafleur

8 жыл бұрын

+snakebitmgee :D Because it wasn"t a BRIGHT idea ( kidding)

@AffordBindEquipment

5 жыл бұрын

box should have been insulated. I've had the same problem...

You could just do like we did and get your self a $10,000 spectro gun!