[TheForge] carbon banding in 52100 steel
Lon Humphrey
ironcrossforge at roadrunner.com
Tue May 8 13:46:03 EDT 2007
yes ...tripple quench in oil after each harding quench it was put in the
deep freezer over night then tempererd with a torch
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From: "Ron Childers" <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com>
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Subject: RE: [TheForge] carbon banding in 52100 steel
Did you differentially quench?
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i put up pics on my 360 page
take a look
http://360.yahoo.com/redneck_43055
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lon Humphrey" <ironcrossforge at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:51 PM
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> it was made from NEW 52100 steel ....look in the McMaster Car book they
> sell it new
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:28 PM
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>> Was your steel from new 52100? or from a roller bearing race? If from
>> new 52100 stock then I don't have a clue, but if from a roller bearing
>> race -- a Timken roller bearing race or even the roller then what you
>> have is not 52100 but deep case hardened steel. The base steel is close
>> to a 4120 but in the case the carbon content is raised to levels similar
>> to 52100. Not all roller bearings are case hardened, but all of Timken's
>> are made this way. Some other manufactures SKF, FAG, Torrington use a
>> mixture of 52100 and case hardening in "ROLLER" bearings. As far as I
>> know almost all BALL bearings are 52100. The use of case hardening in
>> the Timken Roller bearings is not to save money -- but to make a much
>> better bearing. Very tough core, with high hardness for the surface area
>> to a depth of close to 1/16 inch. If you look at an etched section
>> through a Timken race you can see the depth of the case hardening.
>>
>> Dave Smucker
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lon Humphrey" <ironcrossforge at roadrunner.com>
>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:55 AM
>> Subject: [TheForge] carbon banding in 52100 steel
>>
>>
>>> hi all, ive just made a knife from 52100....i heat thermal cycled it
>>> 3 times and after the acid etch there is nice latteral banding visable
>>> ....can somone explane to me what is going on with in the steel that
>>> makes the bands show up.....ive searched this online and come up with
>>> nil
>>>
>>> i was under the impression that the only type of steel that you could
>>> get the banding in was true damascus but i know Ed Fowler is getting
>>> this as well
>>>
>>> Lon
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