BeaverNZ Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I had my first go at a pattern welded hammer out of 86 kg/m crane rail track which is a 1080 steel with aboutr 1% manganese in it as I have a test cert of that rail and a large circular saw blade which I was hoping may of been a L6ish steel but turns out it is probably just a carbon steel going by the poor contrast and it was a carbide tipped saw . I had a couple of cracks appear during heat treatment and I misslayed to parts making up the billit but it was a success as far as a learning excercise Cheers Beaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Too bad about the cracks. I really like the low contrast look. High contrast like you get with 15n20 is pretty in some patterns but its been done to death for a long time. That low contrast is tasteful and understated. I hope you try again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanternnate Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 What I've read on carbide tipped saw blades is that they are usually 4140 or similar, but they can be a wide variety it sounds like. L6 supposedly is only on non carbide tipped blades. I don't have real first hand knowledge, just the research from trying to figure out what I might do with some tipped blades myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Good Morning, Did you make the first weld in a Press or a Vice?? Quite a bit of Mass for Hammer welding. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverNZ Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 12 hours ago, swedefiddle said: Good Morning, Did you make the first weld in a Press or a Vice?? Quite a bit of Mass for Hammer welding. Neil I did the all the welds with a 2CWT power hammer which I am learning to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Wright Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Shame about the cracks it looks really good otherwise. I also really like the low contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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