A36 for Axe and hawk builds

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panzerjunky

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Just a quick question??? I have access to a lot of A36 steel from 1/4 to 3 inches thick. Would it be ok to use that for an axe or hawk body to receive my high carbon bit???
thanks jerry
 
panzerjunky said:
Hello
Just a quick question??? I have access to a lot of A36 steel from 1/4 to 3 inches thick. Would it be ok to use that for an axe or hawk body to receive my high carbon bit???
thanks jerry
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Use the search feature, plenty of similar questions in the past with good answers.
 
Yep. A36 is pretty close to 1018 from what I understand.

Here's the chemical composition according to Octal's website "It consists of carbon (C) content 0.25 – 0.29%, Copper (Cu) content 0.20%, Iron (Fe) content 98.0 percentage, Manganese (Mn) content 1.03 percentage, Phosphorus (P) content 0.04 percentage, Silicon (Si) content 0.280 percentage and Sulfur (S) content 0.050 percentage."

Won't harden, so you'll need a high carbon bit, just like you were saying... Do you plan to forge welding the bit in?
 
A36 refers to required mechanical properties, not really a composition. The composition mostly dictates maximum values not a range. The carbon of 0.25-0.29% is the maximum allowed based on size (0.25 for thin plate and slightly higher allowed for heavier). So the steel could have zero carbon and still meet the spec if it had the required strength.
 
A.McPherson said:
Yep. A36 is pretty close to 1018 from what I understand.

Here's the chemical composition according to Octal's website "It consists of carbon (C) content 0.25 – 0.29%, Copper (Cu) content 0.20%, Iron (Fe) content 98.0 percentage, Manganese (Mn) content 1.03 percentage, Phosphorus (P) content 0.04 percentage, Silicon (Si) content 0.280 percentage and Sulfur (S) content 0.050 percentage."

Won't harden, so you'll need a high carbon bit, just like you were saying... Do you plan to forge welding the bit in?
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Yes just like I do with all my other sandwich type axe blades
 
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