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General Category => General RGG Guns/ Homebrew gats => Topic started by: Rolland on October 21, 2020, 05:10:45 PM

Title: old style extractors help
Post by: Rolland on October 21, 2020, 05:10:45 PM

Does anyone have a wire EDM that could cut my extractors. I have them machined out of O1 tool steel I just need need them cut apart.

Title: Re: old style extractors help
Post by: Sparky_NY on October 21, 2020, 05:34:48 PM

Not seeing them makes this only a guess but what is wrong with just using a slitting saw in the mill?

Title: Re: old style extractors help
Post by: Rolland on October 21, 2020, 09:15:46 PM

The saw was my alternative, just thought if someone had an EDM it would be easier for me.

Title: Re: old style extractors help
Post by: Rolland on October 25, 2020, 10:14:19 PM

New question, I made the extractors out of O1 tool steel, would there be an advantage to hardening them, the 1018 I tried before that I case hardened did not work so well.  I was hoping these would hold up better.

Title: Re: old style extractors help
Post by: Cutter on October 26, 2020, 11:22:42 AM

I would HT them , keeps the sharp edge longer

Title: Re: old style extractors help
Post by: Swarfmonger on October 29, 2020, 11:24:29 PM

I also made mine out of 01 and I simply flame hardened them by taking them up to cherry red, dunking them in Brownell