Where to find tool steel?

[graween]

Hi.

Where to find tool steel ? Like O1.
Where do you usually by it.

And does anyone knows where I could by this kind of stuff in France ?

Thanks a lot.

 

[matthewwh]

What size are you looking for?

 

[Aled Dafis]

I buy mine from http://www.mscjlindustrial.co.uk, they are the Axminster of the metalworking world. Good quality stuff, and their service is second to none.

Not sure about delivery to france however.

Cheers

Aled

 

[graween]

Hi thanks.

Matthew, I'd like to make replacement blades for my stanley #50, in millimetrics width. So the length and thickness should be the same. I don't have the measure here, so I'll take them this week end and let you know.
For the width, I plan to make 2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12 mm width blades.

This will be a training for heat treating the bladse as well a making them. Becasue I plan to male some molding plane after that.

So I guess that a plate of stell with the same thickness as the original bladse would be fine. Just as long as I can cut blades in it.

Thanks.

 

[John. B]

Graween.
If you are getting into heat treatment, may I reccomend this little book.
Hardening, Tempering and Heat Treatment (Workshop Practice)
by Tubal Cain.
From the 'Workshop series', of books. Very informative, may help. :-k

John. B

 

[graween]

Hi.

I checked this weekend.
The thickness is 2.7 mm and the lenght is about 80 mm.

Just for information.