Machinist

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Is there a tool steel interchange chart?
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/there-tool-steel-interchange-chart-339638/


The Sousa Corp | Tool Steel Reference
http://www.varcoprecision.com/tools.html

Crucible, the makers of REX, are still in business and have a huge amount of technical data on their website.

Here is an index of many of the older brands of HSS.
The selection and hardening of tool steels. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library

This is a very good page from Crucible, The Rex AAA folks.
http://www.crucible.com/eselector/splashintro.html

Timken, Disston, Starrett

Low / no Iron. Hastelloy & cousins

Cutting tool blanks
https://www.toolstoday.com/p-6316-18-pc-aluminum-cutting-cnc-solid-carbide-advanced-collection-14-inch-shank.aspx?variantids=12130,0?source=shoppingdotcom&gdffi=3fde4bbef0c94e9b9493ff92c4e413aa&gdfms=0556DEDFA27C408CA7B20B8BC3BAD8F1

Haynes Stellite J is one of many grades

Haynes Stellite J is one of many grades that I have. It's some of the older and odd ball stuff that's no longer made that I really don't know about.

Then here you go.

Attachment 207194

More Stellite J cutting tables are here:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b46209;view=1up;seq=238

Remember that "cutting speeds" and "surface speeds" mean surface feet per minute (sfm) or feet per minute and are not the same as rpm as in spindle rpm.
John

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