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In my limited experience - There are some challenges with working with stainless in that it's more brittle at cooler (i.e., dull red glow temps) so you can easily cause it to crack or break if you work it too cold.  So you definitely want to make sure you work it at hotter temps and stop working it when it begins cooling.  Otherwise, it works pretty much the same way mild steel does but requires a little more hammering and is "stiffer" to bend making it slightly more work to deal with but not bad if you make sure to work it hot (i.e., bright orange or better).  then using a wire brush wheel on a bench grinder to give your finished product a nice brushed stainless finish works just fine unless you want to do the extra work to really polished it to a bright shine.