[TheForge] hardening and tempering H-13

[schade at acegroup.cc]

Phil,

I have made some punches and handled hot cuts from H13. All I do is 
heat them up past forging temps and let cool in air. No tempering. 
Works okay for me but awhile back on the old junkyard site "Grant" 
(Sarver I think) had a more involved method. If I remember right he 
annealed the tool before heating to quenching temp. May also have had a 
tempering step?

I haven't seen you around any of the internets lately.

How you bean?

Bob
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On Feb 27, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Phil wrote:

> I'd saved the instructions for hardening and tempering
> h-13 from "theforge", but I seem to have lost them.
> Could someone remind me how?  This is for some power
> hammer dies.
>
> thanks,
>
> Phil Rosche
> Summerville, SC
>
>