[TheForge] 1018

Fri Feb 27 09:50:00 2004

Look in the phone book under machine shops for one
that does heat treating.  I was going to have one do
the little dies on my kinyon.  It was going to be $50
for the pair.  I ended up doing it myself.

--- magichammer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I will eventually want to get the dies for my big
> hammer hardened
> they are 4" x 4" x 10"  4340. The top one will have
> 'ways' for bolts
> cut into it similar to this
> http://magichammer.freeservers.com/page5.html
> only 10" long and the bottom die will be welded to a
> mounting plate.
> Like this
> http://magichammer.freeservers.com/page7.html again
> 10-12" long.
> Who / where can do this for me and how much will it
> cost?
> dave m
> 
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> >
> > > <<snip>> 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.
> >
> > Depends on what we're doing.  Some days we can
> cook Nazel Dogs and
> Chambers
> > Burgers on our die for lunch.  We use a modified
> 4340 for easier machining
> > because it's the most economical choice.  We
> always have extra die steel
> if
> > anyone's interested.
> >
> > Bruce R. Wallace
> > Wallace Metalwork
> > United Forging Hammers
> >
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