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I am a woodworker and I have never really done any smithing or metal work. But I just purchased some 01 precision ground steel 1/4" thick and 1.5" wide. I am interested in making several high quality wood hand plane. My question is after I from the plane iron to rough shape. Should I completely sharpen the iron before heat treating? Also what temperatures should I use and how should I go about the heat treating and tempering? I will be purchasing a small electric kiln for the heat treating process. the max temperature of the kiln is about 2300 degrees F.

Any help would be grate full, Kris

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speedbuggy
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No. Get it close, but do the final grinding and honing after heat treatment.

That's plenty. For O1, the hardening temperature should be between 1450 and 1520 F. It is a very forgiving steel, so you should have little problem making excellent plane blades. A nice technical overview of O1 steel can be found here:

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Download the file AISI_O1.PDF.

Cheers!

JIm

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Jim Wilson

A good little booklet on the subject is "Hardening, Tempering & Heat Treatment" by Tubal Cain. I see it on e-bay all the time for about $20 but if you're going to a book store it's ISBN 0-85242-837-5

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John Ings

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