dwight55 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Just for the heck of it . . . I may build a very small power hammer . . . just to make a few things quicker and easier. I need two faces on it: one a "flat to flat" for making material extremely "flat" . . . the other "slightly rounded to slightly rounded" which would be for drawing out the material. I have an idea of how to make them so they would be easily removeable and changed . . . but will require me to use my little machine shop to work the steel. Therefore I need a steel I can work on with my little mill . . . then harden so it will do the desired work. I'm open to water harden / oil harden / whatever . . . have never done it . . . but will be glad to take a shot at doing it. Thanks, may God bless, Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 For power hammer dies, you don't want the steel to be too hard. I have made dies from normalized 4130 and they hold up very well without chipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight55 Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) Thank you . . . now to find someone around here where I can buy a couple chunks of it . . . lol May God bless, Dwight Edited January 12, 2022 by Mod30 Remove excessive quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I had been working with sucker rod that was 4130 for anvil hardy tools and liked it. I found some cut offs at our local machine shop that they gave me even though I was willing to pay for them. I made another set from RR track (unknown steel) that also worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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