15N20 Bar Stock Steel .094" Thickness

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15N20 Bar Stock Steel - .094" x 1" See Length Note $3.50
15N20 Bar Stock Steel - .094" x 1.5" See Length Note $4.52
15N20 Bar Stock Steel - .094" x 4" See Length Note $11.08

15N20

LENGTH NOTE:

We buy this in 48" lengths and sell it in 12", 24", 36", and 48" lengths.

If you buy 1ea, you will get a stick 12" long by the width and thickness shown.

If you buy 2, you will get a bar that is 24" in length.

If you buy 3, you will get a bar that is 36" in length.

If you buy 4, you will get a bar that is 48" in length.

**If you buy 2, 3 or 4 and want it cut into 12" length pieces, please specify in the comments section that you would like them cut into 12" pieces.

**Advertised price is for 1qty 12" piece

- Used to forge-weld with other high carbon steels to create Damascus

- Deburred to ensure even forging

This steel is Hot Rolled.
Hot rolled means it is not fully annealed or "soft". It will be hard in some spots, softer in other spots. It is not fully hardened but the hard spots will be difficult to cut or drill. This steel should be annealed before drilling or cutting. Forging it as is will be fine.

CRA means cold rolled annealed and is important to be in the description. It means the steel was pressure rolled while cold but was annealed again to relief the stress and take it to the softest state from rolling under tremendous pressure.

HR means hot rolled and this steel was rolled to thickness usually during the smelting process but maybe later. The steel generally will be half or nearly fully hard depending on the type. It may often have mill scale residue. This steel can be easily forged. It can also be ground via stock removal. Drilling a hole in the tang maybe hard to do with out a carbide bit.

HRA is the same but the steel was later annealed to relieve stress and make it as soft as possible for easier machining. Several companies produce "powder" smelted steels. This is a premium smelting process that improves the mixing of alloy content and generally produces a finer grain structure as a result. The powder steels are nearly always annealed and can be assumed to annealed unless noted otherwise.

Heat Treating 15-n-20

Soak at 1475F – 1500F for 5 minutes

Plate quench

Results should be 63-65RC in hardness

Temper at 350F for 1 hour for approximately 62RC

Temper at 400F for 1 hour for approximately 59-60RC

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15N20 Bar Stock Steel .094" Thickness - See Length Note