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Article: THE VALLEY FORGE.(Brief Article)
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- American Handgunner
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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Forging is probably the most misused term in the industry today. I've had customers actually call me and want their parts made from "forging steel." There is no such thing.
Forging is a process, not a type of material. The process goes like this: a bar of a known alloy is heated to forging temperature, usually above 1,850[degrees] F, and is pounded into a mold to roughly the shape of its final dimension. The two mold halves are actually pounded into each other, with the cherry-hot material in between.
I have made many forging dies in my career for the electrical industry. A sample die might have three cavities. The first would be a very generic rough ...