[TheForge] 52100

[Lon Humphrey]

2000 way too hot!  to get the bennifit of reduction in grain size you need 
to keep it cooler than that say around 1600 to 1700 and thermal cycles are 
where the reduction happens


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Barrett" <stircrazyben at gmail.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] 52100


> The bladeforums.com results when I asked google (
> http://www.google.com/search?q=forging+temp+for+52100 )
> seem to suggest 2000 degrees F, and have a bunch of other interesting
> discussion about 52100 (and O1, where I was reading).
>
> cheers,
>
> Ben
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:23 AM, john ortery <bluestoneforge at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> What is the forging temp for 52100?   Allen Ortery
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