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Posted by spaco on April 27, 2007, 9:44 am
Please log in for more thread options This isn't a direct answer to your question, but a few years ago I
"tested" my ash bucket because I kept hearing about putting your part to
be annealed in there to soften. Ashes ain't the answer for anything
but the simplest carbon steel in my opinion.
See: > http://www.spaco.org/Pete'sAshBucketAnneal.gif
The best idea I've ever heard for annealing something like S7 was to
"build a big fire in the "Round Oak Heater", throw in your parts, fill
the stove with wood and shut off the draft. Never tried it, but sounds
plausible.
Pete Stanaitis
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Andrew Molinaro wrote:
> I use it too, for chisels and drifts. One word of caution though, if the
> metal gets too hot it will harden and become quite brittle. I had 1 inch
> drift blow up on me under a 16lb sledge. The top section shot off and
> banged around the shop for while and came to rest under a striker team
> working at the next forging station. Cool but kind of scary.
>
> I havent had luck annealing it either so cutting after it has been
> forged can be a bit of a pain if accidental hardening happens. Any advice
> on "real" (blacksmith heat treating not heat treaters heat treating) heat
> treating of S-7 would be very much appreciated.
>
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> Andrew Molinaro
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> www.artisansoftheanvil.com
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>>I'm not him, but I use it for hot work chisels. Holds a real good edge
>>when chiseling in red to orange hot steel. What do you use it for?
>> My other 3 hot work steels would be Atlantic 33, S1 and H13.
>>
>>Pete Stanaitis
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>>Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
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>>>What are you making with S7 ?
>>>
>>>I buy rod at MSC.
>>>
>>>Martin
>>>
>>>Martin H. Eastburn
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>>>Prometheus wrote:
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>>>>Hello all,
>>>>
>>>>I have been racking my brain for about a week and a half, trying to
>>>>think of the alternate designation for S7 steel I *thought* I had
>>>>heard of and recognized.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone know if the stuff has another name? It seems as though there's
>>>>a more common ASNI designation that would make it easier to find, but
>>>>I could be just misremembering.
>>>
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