Spin Forming Stainless Steel

Steelhead Composites tested some new dome designs on seamless stainless steel last week. The forming takes place at 1150 C – 1250 C (2,100 F – 2,300 F) — a truly jaw-dropping temperature. This is >3x the requirement for forming domes on our aluminum cylinders. The color striations of each pass during the formation was incredible! Unfortunately, the video doesn’t show the true beauty (I put the camera behind welding glasses)– if you know about camera filters and how to make this work, let me know and I’ll try to film it again.