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Offline Sharppoint

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1095 cracking
« on: November 30, 2011, 06:00:00 PM »
help please! when im grinding my bevels im geting hair line cracks from the bottom towards the spine. no problem with 5160,d2 or o1 just seems to be with 1095 high carbon 1/8 inch cold roll steel. could i be geting to hot and cooling to much. thanks for any help
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Offline kansas stik man

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Re: 1095 cracking
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2011, 06:01:00 PM »
is the steel in hardened or annealed state?
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Offline Lin Rhea

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Re: 1095 cracking
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2011, 06:06:00 PM »
There's not enough information. Are you forging? How are you heating and cooling? What is the history of that particular bar of steel?
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Offline Lamey

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Re: 1095 cracking
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 06:34:00 PM »
yep more info needed,   ive used 1095 or W2 almost exclusively for over 15 years.. to date I have had 3 blades crack,  all three my fault.
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