sandpile Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 I found some 52100 today. Anybody know which 52100 steel was used for mandrels. sandpile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan B Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Sandpile, I've checked hartfords guide to steel and piping and find no other designation for 52100. 52100 as it stands is a high impact work hardening steel. More commonly use for ball bearings and bearing races. It should make really strong mandrels if heat treated properly after shaping. Hope this helps. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpile Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 ALAN B. -- Thanks for looking. I picked this 52100 up from a man that was buying the drops. I hope it is E but will have no way of knowing. I will just treat as ED FOWLER says on the E52100. It is small rounds 5/8" X 4'. Iwill cut it off in 8" or 9". I plan on upsetting it quite a bit. Then will work it down for small blades. I am looking forward to this experiment. I will work it as cool as I can get it to work. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Stegmeier Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 I would look up the steel manufacturers specs on 52100... As I rememeber the suggested working methods were preheat for a certain period, the slowly raise to working range, allow to soak at temp, then forge. BUt these are industrial specs, shop practice is another thing. It is always better to know the way you were supposed to do things:-) If you get something else to work great, it not you know why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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