[TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?

[Ron Childers]

Andy is obviously a gemus, he agrees with Dan and me.

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Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?

I just replaced the old dies on my Little Giant.
Mild steel, hardfaced.
Hardfacing probably hardens a deeper layer on the surface than 
superquench, and the dies had still deformed over time. When I attempted 
to grind them true, I ended up with a die of very uneven hardness. For 
strictly hot work it might have been ok for a while, but I use a lot of 
top tools and it got badly gouged in the soft spots. Never happens with 
my 4340 dies. A local machinist cut the top die from a chunk that I had 
for about $60, then I ordered an oversized bottom die from Sid for a 
little more.
My two cents' worth, currently trading at $0.012 ...
Andy G.


schade at acegroup.cc wrote:

>
> On Apr 20, 2005, at 7:20 AM, Ron Childers wrote:
>
>> Echo Dan: *Don't*
>>
>>