[TheForge] -Hay rake tines

[Ron Childers]

Dave, do you make tools for wood turning? I found some cotter-pin looking
things on the railroad and they are harder than woodpecker lips. They are
about 1/2" x 3/8" and when straightened they are about a foot long.

Does anyone know what kind of steel these could be? 

I made a couple of gouges for my wood lathe and some chisels and they hold
an edge pretty well, but I haven't tried making a knife out of them.

Ron 



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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David E. Smucker
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:59 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] -Hay rake tines

Ron,  I think we are really coming from the same point of view -- for thin 
sections of W 1 oil works great and you are less likely to lose the item to 
cracking.

On unknow steels I often first quench in oil -- then if the tool doesn't 
come up to the hardness I am looking for I reheat treat going to water or 
brine.

I almost always temper -- mostly in a small oven, that is in my shop.  While

I make wood working tools, I not a bladesmith so don't look for quite the 
performance you bladesmiths do.

Dave






 
 
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