[TheForge] Re: TheForge digest, Vol 4 #205 - 4 msgs

Tue Mar 25 07:57:02 2003

Dave:

I've been working with some H13 lately, and it's good stuff. I'd recommend
downloading the spec sheet from Carpenter and reading it first, it'll answer
a bunch of questions. You may need to harden the big blocks in oil,
depending on the size of your dies.

Good Luck
BG

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> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:44:26 -0600
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> From: Dave Brown <[email protected]>
> Subject: [TheForge] H-13 for anvil and dies?
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> I came across some pretty large pieces of H-13 today, up to
> 6"x8"x12".  They are in pattern makers shop.  They are factory
> annealed.  What I'm wondering is whether or not relatively large blocks,
> smaller than the ones I just mentioned, of H-13 would be suitable for air
> hammer/anvil dies?
> 
> Also, some of the pieces are about the right size for spring swage
> dies.  Would you form the swages in H-13 like you would in mild steel or
> 4140 by heating the die material to forging temp and then pressing a
> cold  "master" between to form the swage?
> 
> Dave Brown
> Heritage Smithing
> Green Bay, WI