I'd like to purchase a hardness tester for my shop mostly to play around with it but also to determine the hardness of different metals such as steel, ss, aluminium, brass, copper etc. for drilling/machining purposes and in case I decide to ever do some steel oil hardening of some tools/parts.
There seems to be lots of different styles such as hardness files, rebound testers, rockwell testers etc. and I have no clue which one would be the best for my needs.
The Tsubosan files can be had for around 120$ shipped on Aliexpress so those are the cheapest route but then again for about 200$ I can get a digital device that can test hardness on these scales: HRC HRA HRB HB HL HV. Which can be quite useful.
As I have no experience whatsoever in this area, maybe someone can shed some light on the subject.
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