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I have 1018 and 1045 cold rolled steel.
What's a good type of steel that can be hardened after being machined to where it's practically tool steel after or close to it?
Right now I have a piece of flat bar that I want to machine to fit into a ratchet to open up rusted plumbing cleanout covers. It's 1/4" thick and 2" wide, 3" in length. I machined it into specc, tried heat treating it and use a file to kind of gauge its hardness and it's pretty soft. I have a feeling it'll just twist if I put a lot of torque to it.
What's generally a good type of steel for this kind of work? 1045 seems like it's not hard enough after I heat treat it.
What's a good type of steel that can be hardened after being machined to where it's practically tool steel after or close to it?
Right now I have a piece of flat bar that I want to machine to fit into a ratchet to open up rusted plumbing cleanout covers. It's 1/4" thick and 2" wide, 3" in length. I machined it into specc, tried heat treating it and use a file to kind of gauge its hardness and it's pretty soft. I have a feeling it'll just twist if I put a lot of torque to it.
What's generally a good type of steel for this kind of work? 1045 seems like it's not hard enough after I heat treat it.