A Boma

[DaveH]

When I decided to make it out of stainless I had a look around to see what stainless steel Bomas there were - very few and I thought probably because of the cost. So I 'phoned a few guys up to ask what their thoughts were. Most thought is was a good idea (daft as me;  'birds of a feather'  ) and like me didn't really know an awful lot about 304 cold rolled stainless steel. However one guy knew some one (Mike) who did know about 304 cold rolled stainless steel.
Mike has just phoned me (very nice guy) and he has said the following:
Cold rolled 304 stainless is full of stress and when it is heated 'it distorts like crazy' (mike's words). This distortion will most likely crack the welds.
Mike's view to make it out of cold rolled stainless due to the distortion and cracked welds isn't a good idea - plain hot rolled mild steel would be much better.

Any one want to buy some 304 stainless  cold rolled 30mm x 3mm flat bar.

I'm seriously thinking of not using the stainless and just use hot rolled mild steel flat bar. 

 
DaveH