Subject: Steel for chasing/embossing tooling

From: [email-masked] (W. M. Durrett)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 20:58:17 -0600

My Crucible Steel rep this past summer informed me that they no longer make
S-1 grade.  It has been replaced in the market with other S grades,
especially S-7.  Of course the available grades cannot be properly heat
treated "casually', as S-1 could be.  I am using H-13 and S-7 for tooling
for my treadle hammer, works fine, but I am fortunate to have heat treatment
facilities.  One could make up a number of tools and have a commercial
facitily treat the batch for a reasonable price I would imagine
        Bill Durrett

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From: "Szucs" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 09:29:28 -0500

On Jan 30,  8:58pm, W. M. Durrett wrote:
> especially S-7.

	Yep.  My Crucible guy pinched 152# of S-5 from one of his
	large customers for me.  I had to do some sweet talking.

	Haven't done anything with it yet.  It's all 3/4 round :(.

> Of course the available grades cannot be properly heat

	Never used S-1, but I hear S-7 is not easy to treat without
	significant distortion.  Is this your experience?  S-5 is not
	too bad.

	-Andy V.