[TheForge] h13 for chisels

Mon Mar 25 07:47:00 2002

Sounds like Im going to like this stuff, good for power hammer dies too Id
guess, how hard is it to anneal, overnight in ashes enough?? What are the
bad points?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brown" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] h13 for chisels

> At 05:01 03/25/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Any suggustions as to where to purchase H13, and what sizes and quanity
is it
> >available in. Thanks, Ralph
> >
> >Ralph Neumeister
>
> Ralph,
>
> Centaur Forge sells short pieces.  They have H13 in 1/2" and 5/8" rounds
in
> 8", 10" & 12" pieces.  Prices range from $5 to $7 ea.  I'm told that it
> comes in an annealed state and you can cut it through with a hack saw ...
> you won't do this once you harden it.
>
> A good scrounge source (generally for 3/8" up to 1/2", maybe more) is
> injection molding shops and factories.  They use it for ejection
> pins.  They buy standard lengths with nice flat heads on them.  When one
in
> use gets even the slightest bit worn they pull them and put new ones in
> after cutting to length for the particular mold.  They throw the cut off
> ends and the old used pins in the dumpster.  There's one member of UMBA
> that lives near such a plant and they actually save all their reject pins
> and cut offs for him.  At our last informal gathering here in Green Bay he
> brought a box full of H13 and we were free to take all we wanted.  Great
guy.
>
> Dave Brown
>
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