[TheForge] steel types

Fri Nov 21 17:34:06 2003

Bill, Thanks for posting the links page.

Ralph

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From: "Bill Alleman" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] steel types

jon.sloan wrote on 11/19/2003, 5:35 PM:

 > Does anyone know where a novice in different
 > types of steel can get this basic information. Is there a rhyme or
 > reason for the numbers (the first is carbon %; second is chromium......)

I knew it was around here somewhere. Try this, especially the chart
under "Numerical Codes" about halfway down, a little south of the ever
popular "Spark Test."
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/tc/9-524/Ch2.htm

I keep this with a bunch of other resources at
http://allemanse.com/bill/home.htm#Blacksmithing
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