[TheForge] heat treating S-7/"packing"

Wed Sep 3 13:46:00 2003

Oh God , here we go.  again
dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gladish" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:41 PM
Subject: [TheForge] heat treating S-7/"packing"


> So this brings to mind what I've seen in several tool making books:
> When you make a cold chisel, supposedly you finish forging by "packing" it
> as it passes critical. In other words, do the forging at the appropriate
> color and give it a few accurate whacks to further refine the grain while
> it's cooling.
> Any comments on this?
> I've noticed that P. Ross tends to do the final forging down into black to
> minimise scale and get the best finish, so I wonder if this also affects
> grain size.
> Also, all this discussion makes me want to just make tools out of S7 using
> the grinder, and forget the forge for that...
> Andy G.
>
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