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I plan on pressing out some Timken bearings. I can't find my notes on which is the best powder to use with them???? 1084 Or 1084/4600.
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I'm a Timken Bearing Service Engineering Rep. What kind of Timken bearings are you using. Most Timken bearings in the US are "NOT" 52100 steel. If it is a Tapered Roller Bearing, then it is a low carbon steel that has been case carburized and would be equivalent to making your damascus with really high quality alloyed structural steel such as angle iron. If it's a Spherical, Cylindrical or Ball Bearing then they most likely will be 52100 steel.
It doesn't matter how old it is. Timken has been using case carburization of low carbon steel since 1899, for Tapered Roller Bearings.