heat treating 101: the bake sale
If Life's a box of chocolates, then heat treating is baking cookies for a bake sale. There is a specific recipe to follow for best results. Knowing what type of steel you are using is important... The...
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Lawren That is a great How To, even I can make sense of the heat treating thing when it is laid out like that. You guys sure do a great thing by helping us newbees by showing how to do things that...
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Great write up Lawren. On a side note about tempering, I found a way that works for me. I take a deep vat of oil ( Vegetable, the same stuff I quench in) heat it to 375, and immerse the blade in it...
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ThreeToedWolf wrote: Great write up Lawren. On a side note about tempering, I found a way that works for me. I take a deep vat of oil ( Vegetable, the same stuff I quench in) heat it to 375, and...
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Thomas Malabar wrote: Incidentally, that is the same temp that most kitchen deep fryers go to True. I'm looking at getting a turkey fryer for the job
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Nice simplification. Couple things I would add. When normalizing, I heat the blade to critical (non-magnetic), not just red, to allow everything to go back into flux. There are also times when you...
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Right Micheal, this is simply a rule of thumb guide that will get most first timers through it. I'm planning a metalurgicaly in depth article for the more advanced among us (The different states, the...
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Ah. Well, you were pretty thorough, but left the annealing part out. That color may work for you, but it's not true for everyone, their shops, lighting, perceptions, etc. I've done this long enough...
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Thanks for the tutorial! I'd be in the dark without the magnet. Sometimes I can see the shadows, but I might just be staring to hard. The holding above non-mag a shade or so makes perfect sense to get...
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magman357 wrote: Thanks for the tutorial! I'd be in the dark without the magnet. Sometimes I can see the shadows, but I might just be staring to hard. The holding above non-mag a shade or so makes...
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Lawren , thank you . A very " common sense " way to lay it out , and some good suggestions too . And Thomas , I hadn't thought of a deep fryer . Great idea .Kenny
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Lawren that was an awesome walkthrough!Would you mind if I reposted it elsewhere...with a link here and proper credit given of course! The way you explained it is just too easily understood for even...
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