For our high carbon steel blades hock tools uses aisi american iron and steel institute o1 a simple high carbon tool steel with very little added to the iron steel alloy other than 1 1 manganese.
Cutting o1 tool steel.
Tool steel tool steel is a particularly hard material that withstands heat and resists abrasion.
O1 tool steel rods and discs.
O1 tool steel offers good durability gives excellent wear resistance and holds a good cutting edge.
I am trying to mill a bunch of narrow and long slots but the tool only makes it about an inch until it breaks.
I guess they really wanted to make sure it got to me undamaged.
Turning speeds are adjusted to the feed rate of the mini lathe 0 004 rev a depth of cut of 0 040 and a tool life of 180 minutes.
Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon steel and alloy steel that are particularly well suited to be made into tools their suitability comes from their distinctive hardness resistance to abrasion and deformation and their ability to hold a cutting edge at elevated temperatures.
Also known as cobalt steel this m42 tool steel maintains its hardness in high speed cutting applications that generate intense heat.
Use it to make tools for cutting extremely hard materials.
O1 tool steel is the original oil hardening non shrinking tool steel that can be hardened to the rockwell c 65 range from a low austenitizing temperature.
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I opened the box and sifted through mountains of paper and peanuts to find this tiny strip of 1 8 x 1 4 x 18 o1 tool steel.
Carbide ball end mills for longer tool life and a better finish in general purpose milling applications these solid carbide end mills are harder stronger and more wear resistant than high speed.
That pinch of mn allows the steel to harden with an oil quench the o in o1 stands for oil.
So now i am presented with the task of learning how to work with this stuff.
Our tool steel stock is available in a number of grades and various lengths for whatever project you may have.
The part has a gradual slope so the depth of cut ranges from 1mm to 2 5mm.
O1 is a general purpose tool steel that is typically used in applications where alloy steels cannot provide sufficient hardness strength and wear resistance.
Flutes have a low helix angle to provide the cutting forces required for difficult to machine material such as tool steel hardened steel and iron.
An oversized diameter allows for finishing to your exact requirements.
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