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Michael Koblic Michael Koblic is offline
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Default How much cobalt is enough?

I see lathe toolbits made of M-2 HSS, 5% cobalt and 10% cobalt. The prices
seem to increase nearly exponentially for equivalent sizes.
How much incremental benefit is there from adding 5% cobalt to steel? How
much from increasing this to 10%?

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Michael Koblic
Campbell River, BC