[TheForge] hard faced dies

[Shannell Sugrue]

Yeah it would work if you have to, but its better to use a solid die if you
ask me, i find gaps between dies and the anvil mean less of a transfer of
impact is possible. Why not just use A36 for the dies, I have several mild
steel dies and they work fine, some are super quenched some arent, some are
used quite a bit. Why not use flat dies with a saddle setup so you can use
the harder metal dies when you want them and you can change them around.

----- Original Message -----
From: <schade@acegroup.cc>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:45 PM
Subject: [TheForge] hard faced dies


>
> would it work to weld a hard face on A36 to make air hammer dies? if so
any rod recommendations. if not why?
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> thanks.
>
> bob
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