paulmowers
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Hi
Not sure if this is the best place for this, but I have made some ragwort forks which are made by forging 10mm round into a taper, the 4 tines are welded onto 25 square box in a patented design and then bent forward slightly, socket welded on top, painted and handle fitted. Sounds ok, but recently had issues with people using these on hard, rocky ground and reporting the tines bending.
So here's the problem, is there a high ish carbon steel that I can forge, allow to cool naturally without it becoming brittle or hard, weld onto the 25mm sq and bend to shape, then heat treat to normalize or just harden and temper?
So far I'm struggling to find any grade that can be welded and heat treated.
I don't have a large enough forge to contemplate case hardening the mild steel.
Any ideas??
Thanks Paul.
Not sure if this is the best place for this, but I have made some ragwort forks which are made by forging 10mm round into a taper, the 4 tines are welded onto 25 square box in a patented design and then bent forward slightly, socket welded on top, painted and handle fitted. Sounds ok, but recently had issues with people using these on hard, rocky ground and reporting the tines bending.
So here's the problem, is there a high ish carbon steel that I can forge, allow to cool naturally without it becoming brittle or hard, weld onto the 25mm sq and bend to shape, then heat treat to normalize or just harden and temper?
So far I'm struggling to find any grade that can be welded and heat treated.
I don't have a large enough forge to contemplate case hardening the mild steel.
Any ideas??
Thanks Paul.