Subject: Re: Tool Steel

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:20:58 -0400

To All,
W-1 is water hardening in thick sections but may be oil quenched in thin
sections with no loss of hardness. Also the blade should be "normalized after
forging and before hardening. It is also necessary to get it to the tepering
furnace as soon as possible. The hardening process strains the structure and
unless relieved somewhat, the residual stresses can crack the work.

Hochewa