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Hi friends,
Brother in law has a shop making reeds for wind instruments. They use a shaper tool to shape the canes. But it's original blades are dulling too quickly and the new blades are absurdly expensive. He wanted to make him a couple of blades and I'm thinking of making them out of RWL,34 or D2. Both can be coated via PVD as they have an option of hi-temper...
Do you think TiN or TiC coating will help the abrasion resistance of those blades. Those blades scrape lots of reeds all day (this material is too abrasive for a delicate edge) and are supposed to keep the sharpness ?.
Thanks
Emre
Brother in law has a shop making reeds for wind instruments. They use a shaper tool to shape the canes. But it's original blades are dulling too quickly and the new blades are absurdly expensive. He wanted to make him a couple of blades and I'm thinking of making them out of RWL,34 or D2. Both can be coated via PVD as they have an option of hi-temper...
Do you think TiN or TiC coating will help the abrasion resistance of those blades. Those blades scrape lots of reeds all day (this material is too abrasive for a delicate edge) and are supposed to keep the sharpness ?.
Thanks
Emre