[TheForge] tool steel mark

[Ron Swisher]

Dave,  Bethlehem Steel (what's left of it) in Steelton, PA dismantled their 
huge Blacksmith Shop about 25 years ago.  I think it had something to do 
with "efficiency".  Yea, right.
Thanks for the info.
Ron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] tool steel mark


> Ron,  In my old day job we would just call these "chipping hammers", they 
> where used a great deal for repair to the brick work in melting and 
> holding furnaces.  In our case at the Davenport Works of Alcoa we used S5 
> for the tools and made them in house. (and resharpened them in house.) 
> This was because our corporate ferrous metallurgist liked S5 and we bought 
> it by the ton for all of the plants on corporate purchase.  S5 is oil 
> hardening and most folks use S7 for this application which is air 
> hardening.  Sounds like air hardening works for you.
> Some time in the mid 90's after I was out of the plant, the legal 
> department decide that we should not make our own tools because of 
> liability.  So they broke back the blacksmith in the plant to a machine 
> shop helper and sent all of the work outside.  Good for someone on the 
> outside but it cost more and they lost a good skill for a lot of other 
> repair and straightening work. Just plan ass dumb.
>
> Dave
>