Lerch
Well-Known Member
After trying to figure out he best way to word this question i decided just to lay out the order in which i work 1095 steel
Cut blades from bar stock on band saw
Profile blades on 36grit belt
drill pin or corby bolt holes and hollow out tang
do profile grinds leaving cutting edge roughly .070"-.100" thick
(below is the part in question)
Anneal blades by placing in Evenheat oven and ramping to temp of 1450deg with no hold time and allowing the blades to cool in the oven overnight
Normalize the blades by heating to 1470deg (no hold time) and cooling to black heat in still air, then the same at temps of 1450deg and 1425deg
Cool to hand temp, coat in satanite clay, heat to 1470deg for 5 min soak and quench in Parks 50 quench oil.
My question is if my process with the annealing and then normalizing is correct or if i should i change anything up? My thinking was to take the steel back to a relaxed state with the annealing process and then reduce grain size with the 3 normalizing procedures. I have been pretty happy with the results and temp selection so far but if any one thinks differently i would love to hear your recomendations. and also knowing that temps will differ with other steel (52100 i am working with now) would you change any order??
thanks
steve
Cut blades from bar stock on band saw
Profile blades on 36grit belt
drill pin or corby bolt holes and hollow out tang
do profile grinds leaving cutting edge roughly .070"-.100" thick
(below is the part in question)
Anneal blades by placing in Evenheat oven and ramping to temp of 1450deg with no hold time and allowing the blades to cool in the oven overnight
Normalize the blades by heating to 1470deg (no hold time) and cooling to black heat in still air, then the same at temps of 1450deg and 1425deg
Cool to hand temp, coat in satanite clay, heat to 1470deg for 5 min soak and quench in Parks 50 quench oil.
My question is if my process with the annealing and then normalizing is correct or if i should i change anything up? My thinking was to take the steel back to a relaxed state with the annealing process and then reduce grain size with the 3 normalizing procedures. I have been pretty happy with the results and temp selection so far but if any one thinks differently i would love to hear your recomendations. and also knowing that temps will differ with other steel (52100 i am working with now) would you change any order??
thanks
steve