[TheForge] S-5 Steel

[Adam Whiteson]

S5 is a shock resistant steel.  Its often used for jackhammer bits.  People 
like it for making hardys.  Its not too bad to forge and heat treat  but it 
doesnt have the same red hardness that makes S7 and H13 nice for chisels 
and punches

Adam


At 12:41 PM 7/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Is anyone on the list familiar with S-5 steel?  I have used S-7 (very
>happily) to make punches, chisels, etc., both for hand use and for the
>treadle hammer.
>
>I was just given some S-5, and I am wondering in what way it differs....
>Thoughts?
>
>Harry Dunning     Colrain, MA