[TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?

[Chris Kilpatrick]

Rob gunther got a 48 rockwell all the way through a 1" bar, I'd say the quench goes pretty deep.  there are some of us here who have a forging budget of about $25/week, because it is a hobby, so 'good steel lying around' does not describe my shop.

-Chris K.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Childers" <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:22:59 -0400

> 
> It won't harden all the way through and the dies won't last as long as high
> carbon steel. With all the good steel "laying around", why waste time & $$
> on something with which you will not be happy? Even the dies that come with
> the larger hammers have to be dressed periodically. Specialty dies will
> probably work ok for a while, but dies used every day in a production
> setting would deform.
> 
> Ron C
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of schade at acegroup.cc
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:33 AM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA; munlaw2 at hcsmail.com
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?
> 
> 
> On Apr 20, 2005, at 7:20 AM, Ron Childers wrote:
> 
> > Echo Dan: *Don't*
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Why not?
> 
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