[TheForge] 1018

[Andy Vida]

Dan Tull wrote:
> 
> The anvil can and should be mild steel for welding and cost considerations.
> 
> The top and bottom dies can be 4140 or similar. I wouldn't use 1018 for dies
> that are going to do a lot of work.
> Mild steel for short run dies only.

	Not only am I a dullard, but a reading challenged one as well.
	I agree with dan about the anvil.  Mild steel should suffice
	for that purpose, but anything of the right size that you can
	get cheap should be OK just as long as it isn't in a seriously
	hardened state.  That can be dealt with, but why suffer the pain
	in the butt if you don't have to?