Subject: Re: Tool Steel

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 20:39:06 -0400

To All,
The development of oil and air hardening tool steels was driven by the fact
that the more severe the quench, the harder it is on the material. When using
w-series tool steels, thin sections like blades may do just fine in oil
rather than brine. Water is not a good quenchant because of the nonuniformity
of the quench rather than the speed.

Hochewa