Dewnmoutain Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Visited a friend of mine a couple weeks back. And every time i do, he always gives me some scrap steel to play with. Some of its ok, like the metal brackets used to hold down the massive printers to the transport pallets that were delivered to the shop. Some of it is not, like the thin galvinized steel that came from somewhere.( I dont remember where he got it. ) But sometimes, he gives me some interesting steel. Before, it was a couple hundred feet of wire spools for stapling booklets that got tangled up in the printer. This time, he gave me really unique steel. 23"L x 4"H x 0.5"T 18% tungsten carbide steel. And he asks me "can you make me a knife out of this stuff for me, please?" Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 You could do stock removal with zirconium or diamond belts but that much tungsten carbide makes it a grinder eating beast. Some kind of scraper maybe? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Check if you can heat treat that alloy; some of the exotics really must have the inert atmosphere computer controlled ramping heat treats to be all they can be. If not you may want to keep it below the tempering temperature and work it by stock removal; but as mentioned, it'll be a bear on belts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmbobnick Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Those look like planer blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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