Anyone know where I can find 317L in the US?

[Dissonance]

So I ordered some 317L stainless steel welding wire (same stuff as gplat) for like $15/30 meters.... And I like it. What I don't like, is waiting 2 weeks for shipping from the UK.

Anyone know where to find 317L stainless steel welding wire in 20-26g in the US? The only vendors I've been able to find are selling by the pound, most of which have a Minimum Order Quantity of ~ 20lbs (~$400.00). While I'm sure I could buy one, sell 95% of it, make a bit of money and have wire for life... I'd rather just buy in the quantities I need from a local vendor lol.

 

[Asbestos4004]

A welding supply place....Airgas maybe? Call a local welder.

 

[Dissonance]

A welding supply place....Airgas maybe? Call a local welder.

Checked a lot of these and I haven't found any with a MOQ lower than 5 lbs, which is still $100+. Was hoping for specifics

 

[Dissonance]

Anyone?

By the way, I think I figured out how to turn pounds into feet of wire... For 24g, it's ~ 900'/lb (which would be $20), coming out to ~ 45'/$1... Damn I wish someone could run a group buy on this stuff haha

 

[inspects]

317L stainless steel welding wire

First I've heard of this, I'm fairly new to vaping.

Could you please explain the advantages, and disadvantage if any.

 

[Dissonance]

First I've heard of this, I'm fairly new to vaping.

Could you please explain the advantages, and disadvantage if any.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-stainless-steel-welding-wire-24g-review.html

I wrote a review of it after I got the 24g ^_^

 

[rolygate]

If you go round some welding supply stores then maybe they'll have some wire in a mig they use for demos, and they could cut you off a few feet. Don't phone, you have to go in person. Take a sample of what you have already, for comparison.

Otherwise you can use 316 or 312 if you can find that easier.

316 is very close, at 18/12/3 for chromium, nickel, moly. It should vape identical. Less manganese usually, not sure if that will have any effect - seems unlikely.

312 (sometimes called 29/9 in the UK) is higher quality (for dissimilar metal welding, in wire / rods) and contains about 30/10 or 29% chromium and 9 nickel. Hard to say how that would vape without trying it. No idea how the resistance per foot will differ.

 

[twgbonehead]

Here's some 316L;

http://www.amazon.com/Beadalon-Squa...46&sr=8-7&keywords=stainless+steel+craft+wire

 

[Dissonance]

Here's some 316L;

Amazon.com: Beadalon Square Wire 316L Stainless Steel 24 Gauge, 10-Meter

Square wire sounds... Interesting, I might have to try some of that lol

 

[Verb]

Square wire sounds... Interesting, I might have to try some of that lol

Particularly, if you twist a single strand.

 

[K_Tech]

I'd look on line or in the yellow pages for a mechanical contractor. Chances are quite good that they'll have what you're looking for at the shop, and let you have a few yards of wire if you toss them a fiver.

 

[Lova]

If I remember right g-plat was 316L cold drawn wire, not 317L so you should find plenty of 316L on amazon or etsy, they are mostly from jewelry equipment sellers.

 

[K_Tech]

If I remember right g-plat was 316L cold drawn wire, not 317L so you should find plenty of 316L on amazon or etsy, they are mostly from jewelry equipment sellers.

Has that issue been put to rest yet? I have not yet seen a definitive answer as to the pedigree of Gplat.

 

[Lova]

Has that issue been put to rest yet? I have not yet seen a definitive answer as to the pedigree of Gplat.

Apparently it is 317L: http://www.vapemile.com/2014/08/28/vapinologys-gplat-wires-dirty-secret-revealed/

 

[Kevo333]

I found this on their site " -Public announcement-

To the vaping public,

To those of you who have been patient, we thank you! We know there are rumors going around accusing G-Plat Wires of using 317L welding wire. We, at Vapinology, would like to inform all of you that the wire we are known for is “NOT” 317L welding wire. If for some reason you decide to use 317L, we are “NOT LIABLE”, if for some reason, you gain some type of sickness or cause some type of bodily harm to yourself. We can assure all of you that we are 100% sure that our product is not what the public claims it to be.

As for our G-Plat Wires FaceBook page, we would like to say that we are not ignoring your questions, nor did we remove or disable the page. Due to those who have been reporting a problem on our page, it has been locked out and we have no control over the issue.

We will inform you with yet, another public announcement, to provide you with further information regarding the actions we will be taking in the near future.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

We appreciate all of your support!

Regards,

Vapinology, LLC (G-Plat Wire"

 

[Kevo333]

Idk what to believe, sounds like they are trying to scare us...

 

[K_Tech]

Apparently it is 317L: Vapinology’s GPLAT Wires’ Dirty Secret Revealed – Vape Mile

I found this on their site " -Public announcement-

To the vaping public,

To those of you who have been patient, we thank you! We know there are rumors going around accusing G-Plat Wires of using 317L welding wire. We, at Vapinology, would like to inform all of you that the wire we are known for is “NOT” 317L welding wire. If for some reason you decide to use 317L, we are “NOT LIABLE”, if for some reason, you gain some type of sickness or cause some type of bodily harm to yourself. We can assure all of you that we are 100% sure that our product is not what the public claims it to be.

As for our G-Plat Wires FaceBook page, we would like to say that we are not ignoring your questions, nor did we remove or disable the page. Due to those who have been reporting a problem on our page, it has been locked out and we have no control over the issue.

We will inform you with yet, another public announcement, to provide you with further information regarding the actions we will be taking in the near future.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

We appreciate all of your support!

Regards,

Vapinology, LLC (G-Plat Wire"

And the mystery continues, lol. I STRONGLY believe that Gplat is a commercially available wire that Vapinology repackages at a significant markup. Either that, or they hired a few engineers and metallurgists, contracted a specialty alloy steel manufacturer to make a small batch of their alloy, and had the metal extruded and packaged for resale. And I don't see a vape vendor having the resources to do that.

Idk what to believe, sounds like they are trying to scare us...

Well, I look at it this way. Given my last comment, I think if they come clean about what Gplat really is, they face backlash from the vaping community AND a rather immediate loss of sales. I think they're going to hang on to the secret as long as possible.

 

[Lova]

If I remember right, some person on reddit had paid a metallurgist to determine the g-plat wire and it was exactly same as 317L cold drawn wire, determined by a professional metallurgist so I don't think they did anything to 317L or engineered a better resistance wire and not release any material safety data sheets of them,so for that matter it could be absolutely anything in the bag, and for that I won't use it.