[TheForge] hardening and tempering H-13

[Todd Rich]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, schade at acegroup.cc wrote:

> 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
> ______
>
> 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

http://www.diehlsteel.com/h13.aspx has heat treating instructions.