Metalworking Hunttalkers!

[TheBenHoyle]

Lotta of the main body of those blades are HSS steel. Given the heavy usage in industry's its a good material. Not exotic by any means but typically long lasting and easy to sharpen while holding good edges.

Just an update on my knife project. My friend the metallurgist reports that my tablesaw blade was M2 High Speed Steel. I gave him some scrap and he tested it and is working out the annealing and rehardening process.



That's the scrap in his kiln/oven... I'm not sure what it is called.

 

[RidgeRunner76]

Just an update on my knife project. My friend the metallurgist reports that my tablesaw blade was M2 High Speed Steel. I gave him some scrap and he tested it and is working out the annealing and rehardening process.

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That's the scrap in his kiln/oven... I'm not sure what it is called.

Awesome! When it comes to steel harnesses or any metal really, its always been interesting to see the Industry Scales commonly used despite all convert. Brinnel was one we tested for alot, however it converted to other testing standards as well.

That H scale for HSS if memory serves has a scale of 1 to 5/6 for different applications. Cut a bit of slack, as its been a few years without daily usage of those specs.

 

[PoleX]

I stopped by a good buddies machine shop today. He surprised me with a knife he’s been working on for me. I’m pretty excited. I printed a sample of this design about 6 years ago for him. He’s finally bringing it to life.