5160 has very good toughness with a heat treatment using an austenitizing temperature of 1500 1525 f and tempered at 375 400 f.
Heat treating 5160 tool steel.
From the asm manual.
Heat treat instructions for this grade can be found in the asm heat treaters guide.
5160 steel spec s and heat treating.
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Definitive heat treat sae 5160 51200.
Carbon 0 56 to 0 64 carbon 0 55 to 0 65.
Heat the steel to non magnetic any way you can 815 c 1500 f no hold time required just get the entire blade to this temperaturequickly quench in luke warm canola oil oil is about 30 c 86 f sand the flats with some sand paper just enough to get a few shiny sections temper the blade in the stove for 2 hours x 2 at 200 c 390 f the.
5160 aisi 5160h aisi.
Designer and knifemaker derick rougeau heat treats 5160 steel to be used for torture testing.
That results in 58 5 59 5 rc and very high toughness when heat treated with a cryo step.
How to heat treat simple carbon steels the short version.
Phosphorus 0 035 max silicon 0 15 to 0 35.
Manganese 0 75 to 1 00 manganese 0 65 to 1 00.