[TheForge] tool steel mark

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

These are the some guys that I guess figured out it was safer and less
risky to let Japan and other countries produce the steel.

Charles



Ron Swisher wrote:

> 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
>>
>