07-08-2006, 07:54 PM
being a welder and a hobby smith, if you temper your steel right
the core will stay soft while the shell is tool steel hard,
and if it does break it will only crack, at that point you just
braze the crack to allow the stressflow lines to realine and
strengthen back up!
the core will stay soft while the shell is tool steel hard,
and if it does break it will only crack, at that point you just
braze the crack to allow the stressflow lines to realine and
strengthen back up!