m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
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Is there a way to machine m2 steel easily or do you buy some type of unhardened m2 steel and machine it and then heat treat it after machining to harden? I am not very familiar with tool steels so I could use the help. All I know is that the tool steels are very hard. It is machining little parts from about 1" dia round bar. There is a lot of machining to do... Positive Material Identification (Niton Analyzer) is what gave us the M2 steel so we know that is what these things are supposed to be made of anyway.





RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
You can buy M2 precision rod.
I just have to ask.
Is their any compelling reason to use M2 in lieu of other tool steels that may can be heat treated with essentially no growth?
RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
so do you have to buy the tool steel in the annealed condition then? we have to bore out the middle and then make a lot of little holes at angles... it is for an atomizer nozzle for oil
RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
Do everything possible in the annealed state as it generally cheaper.
RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
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RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
So do the alloy elements allign to make the material hard after it has been given the right heat treatment? And annealing takes those elements out of formation so that the material can be cut?
RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
It is more with the microstructure and the phases present that influence machinability and wear resistance and has nothing to do with the alignment of different elements.
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RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?
The ASM paper is a very good discussion about the various methods for tempering CS.
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RE: m2 tool steel... how do you machine it?