Work hardening, on purpose?

The other Thomas Gardner · 2005-10-10T19:02:15+00:00

Hi all,Well, you folks are getting the abridged version. I've pared it downquite a bit from what went to Be thankful.Man, I didn't realize just how long that thing was until I saw it comeback to me in my news reader. It's still too long, though. Sorry.Does anyone ever intentionally use a work hardening material, such as somuch of the stainless family, and actually adopt processes to work-hardenit, on purpose, for machine tooling? I'm interested in this aspect forwear resistance. I'm guessing this would just be a case-harden, but forwear resistance, it seems like that's really all I'd need, eh? Seems likethis would be a lot less expensive a process than heat treatment, butthen again, what do I know? That's why I'm here asking you folks...The application here is a quick-change tool post (i.e. for a metallathe). I think I've come up with a design that will be *MUCH* cheaperto manufacture than what I see being made today. It's starting to looklike I just might be able to produce an exceptional quality product thatI think I may be able to sell for even less money than the cheapest ofcheap knock-offs.That's why I'm posting here: I want to produce such a good tool that Iwould be comfortable offering one of those no questions asked ``foreverwarranties'' found in a few of the better manufacturers, but still keepthe tool price down near the cheapo knockoff level. The price savings,I believe would come from it being so incredibly simple to build, notfrom cheating customers and/or employees like the weasels like to do.Honestly, I don't know if I'll be able to achieve that goal or not, butthat's the goal for which I am aiming. I think my design goes a long wayto keeping the price to a minimum without sacrificing quality to do it,but the material selection, I think, is going to be critical.Anyway, here are the main things I'm concerned about:1) Strength: I don't want it to deform even under constant, heavy use.2) Wear resistance: For obvious reasons.3) Corrosion...

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Easton24278 20 years ago

It is impossible for that to work, it simply can not be done lik that

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