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Jamie Bacon

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I have a friend that is willing to fix me up a plate steel table to drop a rotor/forge pot in. I'm hoping for about 30" deep by 60" long with the fire pot on the left. I was considering him having him cut a hole in the right side for a quench tub. Would it be ok to use a galvanized bucket to drop in there or would there be enough heat that it would put off fumes? Any other ideas? Or is it just a bad idea to eat up valuable table space with a built in quench tub?

Thanks for any help.

 

Jamie Bacon

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The liquid inside should disperse enough heat that quenching stuff won't vaporize the zinc (but the galvanized bucket I use is more of a barrel size so might not be accurate). However if it is too near the fire then it might be heated from there and start causing problems but I don't have any experience in whether that could be a realistic danger.

If you can get a stainless steel bucket it would have a longer life and have fewer dangers compared to galvanized.

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Well Jamie it sort of depends on what you want to do.  If you want to work high carbon steels like knives and many tools then having a quench tub right there would be about a good idea as storing your good china in the same area.

 

Usually the only water in my shop is in my coal bucket and in my drinking glass/bottle

 

No problem with galvanized the water will keep it below trouble temp if you have it fairly full

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