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09-10-2012, 06:30 PM
Interesting John. Good job. By the way? what is silver steel? The price of regular steel around here seems to be worth the price of silver.
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09-11-2012, 06:21 AM
(09-10-2012, 06:30 PM)stevec Wrote: Interesting John. Good job. By the way? what is silver steel? The price of regular steel around here seems to be worth the price of silver.

I believe silver steel is what we would call tool steel such as O-1, etc.

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09-11-2012, 06:53 AM (This post was last modified: 09-11-2012, 06:54 AM by Mayhem.)
I thought silver steel was what you guys call drill rod but I may be wrong.

I used a similar method - drilled and tapped for some pins I made then brazed and filed to shape (back gear):

   
   
   
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09-11-2012, 07:42 AM
Wow! kudos to you and Bob, that's "going the extra mile" on a repair!
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09-11-2012, 12:10 PM
(09-11-2012, 06:53 AM)Mayhem Wrote: I thought silver steel was what you guys call drill rod but I may be wrong.

Drill rod is tool steel. The "O" in O-1 means it's oil hardening, "A" is air hardening and "W" is water hardening tool steels. I'm sure the experts will correct me if I'm wrong here. Smile

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09-11-2012, 12:49 PM
What is D-2 tool steel then? Not trying to be a smart ass just wondering. I don't know a lot about metal grades but have seen lots of knives that were D2.
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09-11-2012, 01:33 PM
different alloy but still tool steel

Silver Steel I believe is a name that came from the UK here most call it drill rod which is what it is alloyed for, The Silver comes from it being nice and shiny, but I may be wrong
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09-11-2012, 02:30 PM
Silver steel & drill rod are the same
Alloy steel with a ground finish that can be hardened & temperd
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09-11-2012, 04:05 PM
Just to say most 'Silver steel' in the UK is for water quenching. So it is the same/similar to W1 drill rod.
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09-11-2012, 04:12 PM
(09-10-2012, 03:02 PM)doubleboost Wrote: Hi
Bob
Propper old school repair
I did a similar fix on the rack of my colchester lathe
Silver steel plugs hammerd in then filed to shape
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[Image: RACK1.jpg]
[Image: RACK2.jpg]
I cant find any pictures of the finished job but it worked fine
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The plugs were 5 mm cap heads screwed and thread locked in place cut off then filed to shape
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