[TheForge] 1018

[Steve Smith]

You need to use something hardenable for a hammer die. I don't think you 
need to use anything fancy like S7 or H13 (unless you get it cheap). Are 
you really going to run enough hot iron through the hammer quickly 
enough to raise the die temp to several hundred degrees? Seems pretty 
unlikely.

Steve Smith

Mark A. Pesetsky wrote:

> I am new to the whole "dies for a power hammmer" game. I was wondering if
> someone could tell me the best steel for dies/the main anvil for an air
> hammer?
>  
> Thanks
> Mark
> 
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