[TheForge] Steel substitution

[Mike Linn]

I feel lucky then, I get sizes from 3/32 to 1.5" diameter in lengths from 
2" to 24" for free from a local plastic injection molder. I go down once a 
moth or so and pick up a box full of drops and replacements.

mike


At 06:43 PM 1/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I use H13 on cold steel regularly and find it holds up well.  I used a
>H13 punch in my flypress to punch over 200 1/4" holes cold and it still
>looks fine. You have to temper it to a faint red in the shadows after
>air hardening it at a yellow heat.  If you skip the temper the edge
>dulls.  I have found H13 to be fairly cheap as well (12' of 3/8" and
>1/2" round for $30 Cdn.)

         Michael Linn
       Artist Blacksmith
      McCalla, Alabama
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