[TheForge] Steel substitution

Tue Jan 15 21:01:00 2002

In a message dated 1/15/2002 2:47:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

<< I do not have any S-1, however I do have access to the following 
 steels:  A36, 5160, O-1,  >>

  You need a steel with at least some Cr maybe 5% or so, then some Moly would 
be good, and W excellent.  If you have to pick one, dont use the A36 nor the 
O1, and dont let the temperature of the tool exceed what ever tempering 
temperature you end up using.
Michael