[TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?

[schade at acegroup.cc]

On Apr 20, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Dan Tull wrote:

> Caterpillar track pins, coil springs off a D-8, etc. are for the 
> asking.
> Right tool for the right job kinda thing.
>


Dan,

A couple of days ago you were concerned about losing an eye to a 
superquenched die breaking. Then you advise using track pins, coil 
springs and etc for hammer dies. It would seem to me that the biggest 
danger of superquenched 1018 is that they will wear out. What are the 
chances of hardening high carbon track pins, coil springs, etc. *too* 
hard (hmmm...looks like a cherry), tempering to little etc. Seems like 
some room for problems there too.

As always be sure to wear safety glasses.



> Super quench has it's place.  Tooling for repetitive operations is not 
> it.
>
>
>

The original question wasn't how to make dies for repetitive work. And 
I am not saying that superquenched dies are the best dies. I am only 
saying that they are an affordable easy solution for a guy who runs his 
hammer on a hobby or part time basis. If he has to dress the dies now 
and then...no problem.

Bob