Ground flat stock is one of the most popular materials for engineering and toolmaking applications because it provides accuracy and consistency, while being extremely reliable to work with. Rennie Tool supplies a large collection of metric ground flat stock that is manufactured from high-quality grade 1.2510 (AISI O1) tool steel to help create durable and wear-resistant products.
This range of materials comes in a variety of metric sizes to suit different workshop and manufacturing requirements. You can rely on our flat ground stock material to provide precise ground surfaces and edges, while also offering top-notch dimensional accuracy straight from stock. This allows you to reduce machining times and material preparation, helping speed up your project process and make every task easier to accurately complete.
What is Ground Flat Stock Steel?
Ground flat stock steel is a precision-machined tool steel product that comes in a flat bar form. It has a design with highly precise ground surfaces and tight tolerances to produce consistent and durable results that last. This material is perfect for use in applications that require accurate dimensions because there’s no need to extensively mill or grind before you start your project.
As one of the leading ground flat stock suppliers in the UK, Rennie Tool supplies this material in its annealed condition to make it very easy to work with, letting you machine, drill, shape and finish exactly how you want to during every application. Due to its impressive dimensional stability and consistency, this material is a popular choice to work with amongst machinists, toolmakers and professional engineers.
Benefits of Our O1 Flat Ground Stock Steel
Our O1 flat ground stock steel offers multiple benefits when working with it for all applications. It’s a general-purpose, oil-hardening tool steel that has a great balance of extreme toughness, amazing wear resistance and outstanding machinability capabilities. This material can easily be heat-treated when needed to improve its toughness and resistance to wear, which makes it perfect for creating accurate components that need to have incredible hardness and durability. The main benefits of ground flat stock are:
- Exceptional dimensional stability.
- Strong wear resistance after heat treatment.
- Precisely grounded surfaces to offer better accuracy when working with it.
- Versatile capabilities for different engineering applications.
- Great machinability in the annealed state.
- Incredible choice of thicknesses and widths.
Common Applications for Flat Ground Stock
Flat ground stock is a very versatile material that’s used across many different industries because it has the ability to create precise products. It’s especially useful to make tools with and also produce components that need to have close tolerances.
Some of the common applications include:
- Gauges and measuring equipment.
- Knife and blade production.
- Thread gauges and precision tooling.
- Reamers and cutting tools.
- Press tools and stamping dies.
- Bushings and drill guides.
- Machine components and fixtures.
- Mould-making applications.
Find a Wide Range of Metric Sizes in Our Ground Flat Stock
We stock a large collection of ground flat stock metric sizes to suit your exact project needs. This means that you can find many different thicknesses, widths and square section options to help you have the best material for your project. Having access to this broad range lets you choose the material size you need for every application in your project, helping to reduce waste and machining costs. Whether you need thin, precise strips or larger sections of ground flat stock steel, our collection provides you with a practical material for all sorts of applications.
Buy Ground Flat Stock Steel
Rennie Tool are trusted ground flat stock suppliers in the UK, providing you with a high-quality collection that you can rely on. We have durable, tough and precise O1 plates in a wide range of metric sizes, so that you can gain reliable precision-ground tool steel that’s perfect for manufacturing, repairing, maintenance and even unique engineering applications. Buy the perfect ground flat stock steel today for an accurate, consistent and high-quality material.
Flat Ground Stock FAQs
What is Ground Flat Stock?
Ground flat stock is a precision-ground flat bar that’s made from tool steel. It comes with accurately machined surfaces and tight tolerances, which makes it perfect for toolmaking and precision engineering applications.
What is O1 Flat Ground Stock Steel?
O1 flat ground stock steel is an oil-hardening tool steel grade (1.2510). This is typically used to make gauges, dies, cutters and other precision tooling applications – all because it offers excellent toughness and wear resistance.
Can Flat Ground Stock be Heat Treated?
Yes. O1 flat ground stock can easily be heat treated to improve its hardness and wear resistance. Due to this, it makes it suitable for demanding tooling and production applications.
Why Choose Precision Ground Flat Stock Steel?
Choosing precision ground flat stock steel helps you to reduce machining time as it comes with perfectly finished surfaces and accurate dimensions before machining. This means that components can be manufactured quickly and with less material preparation!
