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Old 05-26-2008, 01:19 AM
Jmercier Jmercier is offline
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For one your temp is far too high for 1065 if you're quenching at 1800f.

1065 should be normalized between 1550 and 1600, and hardened between 1475 and 1550. this should result in around a 62 RC hardness as quenched, which is about as hard as you're going to get 1065
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