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It might be a bit difficult to navigate this site if you don’t know the intricate details of material sub-types - you’ll probably recognize the top-level catego

by fwlr 3y ago

It might be a bit difficult to navigate this site if you don’t know the intricate details of material sub-types - you’ll probably recognize the top-level categories and then get stumped by the subcategories (hybrid austenitic-ferritic wrought cold finished…? ). Having worked in a machine shop, here are some common engineering materials you might be familiar with: Stainless steel https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Cold-Finished-316-Stainless-Steel https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Cold-Finished... Aerospace-grade aluminum https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/7075-T6-Aluminum https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/7075-T6-Alumi... Tool steel (this is what most cutters, drills, punches, blades etc for cutting and milling other metals are made of) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Hardened-M2-Tool-Steel https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Hardened-M2-T... Tungsten carbide (what high-quality cutting tools are made of - usually you have a small bit with three or four cutting edges, mounted in some fashion on tool steel holders) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Tungsten-Carbide-WC https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Tungsten-Carb...

kragen 3y ago
it does have a search box but it's not great i think the materials you listed are pretty exotic. almost nothing but cutting tools is made from wc. 7075 aluminum does get some non-airplane use but not much. even 316 stainless is less common than 304, and stainless and tool steels are a lot less common than mild steel maybe worth mentioning: - metals - a36 mild steel (railroad tracks, bridge girders, junk) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ASTM-A36-SS400-S275-Structural-Carbon-Steel https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ASTM-A36-SS40... 304 stainless (silverware, sinks, stainless bolts, cookware, exhaust pipes) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/AISI-304-S30400-Stainless-Steel https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/AISI-304-S304... free-cutting brass (house keys, anything else that needs to be metal but easy to cut and can't just be cast from zamak) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Half-Hard-H02-C36000-Brass https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Half-Hard-H02... lead-tin solder (old or high-reliability circuits) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Alloy-101-Sn63Pb37 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Al... lead-free solder (low-reliability new circuits) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Alloy-711-IEC-A30C5-Sn96.5Ag3Cu0.5 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Al... tough pitch copper (electrical wires) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/UNS-C11000-CW004A-Electrolytic-Tough-Pitch-Copper https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/UNS-C11000-CW... zamak (toy cars, some gears, most die-castings; easily castable) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Zamak-3-ASTM-AG40A-Z33520-Mazak-3-Zinc-Alloy https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Zamak-3-ASTM-... - plastics - hdpe (shopping bags, milk jugs) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/High-Density-Polyethylene-HDPE https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/High-Density-... polylactide (pla, 3-d prints) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polylactic-Acid-PLA-Polylactide https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polylactic-Ac... pet (coke bottles, clothing) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Unfilled-PET https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Unfilled-PET 6,6 nylon (clothing, seatbelts, oven bags) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polyamide-PA-Nylon-6-6-66-Nylon-101 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polyamide-PA-... unfilled epoxy (glue; they don't list fr4, other glass fiber composites, or jb weld) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Epoxy https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Epoxy silicone (oven mitts, caulk, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Silicone-Plastic https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Silicone-Plas... natural latex rubber (condoms, gloves, tires, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Isoprene-Natural-Rubber-IR-NR https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Isoprene-Natu... buna-n nitrile rubber (gloves, handgrips, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Acrylonitrile-Nitrile-Butadiene-Rubber-NBR-Buna-N https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Acrylonitrile... - wood - mdf (lasercut signage, shitty furniture) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Medium-Density-Fiberboard-MDF https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Medium-Densit... pine (buildings, bad furniture) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Spruce-Pine-Fir-SPF-Softwood https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Spruce-Pine-F... - ceramics - granite (surface plates, buildings) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Granite https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Granite sandstone (buildings) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Sandstone https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Sandstone soda-lime glass (windows, bottles) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Annealed-Alkali-Lime-Silica-Glass-IEC-60672-Type-G-110 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Annealed-Alka... mycalex (a hard, machinable insulator that handles higher temperatures than organics) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Glass-Bonded-Mica https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Glass-Bonded-... porcelain (they don't have a wide selection of fired-clay materials, but dishes, flowerpots, and bricks are broadly similar, if shittier) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Pressed-Siliceous-Porcelain-IEC-60672-Type-C-111 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Pressed-Silic... cubic zirconia (chinese knives, refractories, nernst lamps) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/MgO-Partially-Stabilized-Zirconia-TTZ https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/MgO-Partially... *** btw generally i'd rather use matweb
- fwlr 3y ago
  Yeah, I just threw in a few things I happened to know the specifics of from working with them in a factory. So it was just the intersection of "materials you might be familiar with" and "materials I know the specific grade for". I am extremely glad to see more materials listed, your comment is wonderful!
  - kragen 3y ago
    thank you!

by fwlr 3y ago

kragen 3y ago

it does have a search box but it's not great i think the materials you listed are pretty exotic. almost nothing but cutting tools is made from wc. 7075 aluminum does get some non-airplane use but not much. even 316 stainless is less common than 304, and stainless and tool steels are a lot less common than mild steel maybe worth mentioning: - metals - a36 mild steel (railroad tracks, bridge girders, junk) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ASTM-A36-SS400-S275-Structural-Carbon-Steel https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ASTM-A36-SS40... 304 stainless (silverware, sinks, stainless bolts, cookware, exhaust pipes) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/AISI-304-S30400-Stainless-Steel https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/AISI-304-S304... free-cutting brass (house keys, anything else that needs to be metal but easy to cut and can't just be cast from zamak) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Half-Hard-H02-C36000-Brass https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Half-Hard-H02... lead-tin solder (old or high-reliability circuits) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Alloy-101-Sn63Pb37 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Al... lead-free solder (low-reliability new circuits) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Alloy-711-IEC-A30C5-Sn96.5Ag3Cu0.5 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/ISO-Solder-Al... tough pitch copper (electrical wires) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/UNS-C11000-CW004A-Electrolytic-Tough-Pitch-Copper https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/UNS-C11000-CW... zamak (toy cars, some gears, most die-castings; easily castable) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Zamak-3-ASTM-AG40A-Z33520-Mazak-3-Zinc-Alloy https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Zamak-3-ASTM-... - plastics - hdpe (shopping bags, milk jugs) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/High-Density-Polyethylene-HDPE https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/High-Density-... polylactide (pla, 3-d prints) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polylactic-Acid-PLA-Polylactide https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polylactic-Ac... pet (coke bottles, clothing) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Unfilled-PET https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Unfilled-PET 6,6 nylon (clothing, seatbelts, oven bags) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polyamide-PA-Nylon-6-6-66-Nylon-101 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Polyamide-PA-... unfilled epoxy (glue; they don't list fr4, other glass fiber composites, or jb weld) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Epoxy https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Epoxy silicone (oven mitts, caulk, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Silicone-Plastic https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Silicone-Plas... natural latex rubber (condoms, gloves, tires, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Isoprene-Natural-Rubber-IR-NR https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Isoprene-Natu... buna-n nitrile rubber (gloves, handgrips, gaskets) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Acrylonitrile-Nitrile-Butadiene-Rubber-NBR-Buna-N https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Acrylonitrile... - wood - mdf (lasercut signage, shitty furniture) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Medium-Density-Fiberboard-MDF https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Medium-Densit... pine (buildings, bad furniture) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Spruce-Pine-Fir-SPF-Softwood https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Spruce-Pine-F... - ceramics - granite (surface plates, buildings) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Granite https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Granite sandstone (buildings) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Sandstone https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Sandstone soda-lime glass (windows, bottles) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Annealed-Alkali-Lime-Silica-Glass-IEC-60672-Type-G-110 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Annealed-Alka... mycalex (a hard, machinable insulator that handles higher temperatures than organics) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Glass-Bonded-Mica https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Glass-Bonded-... porcelain (they don't have a wide selection of fired-clay materials, but dishes, flowerpots, and bricks are broadly similar, if shittier) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Pressed-Siliceous-Porcelain-IEC-60672-Type-C-111 https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/Pressed-Silic... cubic zirconia (chinese knives, refractories, nernst lamps) https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/MgO-Partially-Stabilized-Zirconia-TTZ https://www.makeitfrom.com/material-properties/MgO-Partially... *** btw generally i'd rather use matweb

fwlr 3y ago
Yeah, I just threw in a few things I happened to know the specifics of from working with them in a factory. So it was just the intersection of "materials you might be familiar with" and "materials I know the specific grade for". I am extremely glad to see more materials listed, your comment is wonderful!
- kragen 3y ago
  thank you!