Heat Treating, general discussion

455 topics in this forum

1. Quenching in old motor oil 1 2

   By Glenn, October 25, 2007
   • 33 replies
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   • BillyBones
   • August 21

2. Subzero quenching

   By Steve Sells, August 6, 2018
   • 14 replies
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   • jlpservicesinc
   • December 23, 2018

3. Heat treat information 1 2

   By Steve Sells, January 5, 2012
   • 26 replies
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   • RogueRugger
   • July 23, 2018

4. Tempering oven on a whim..

   By j.w.s., October 31, 2014
   • 22 replies
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   • timgunn1962
   • July 15, 2018

5. Heat treaters guide App 1 2 3

   By JNewman, October 8, 2013
   • 51 replies
   • 19,700 views
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   • Mike Scan-D
   • March 7, 2018

6. continuous cooling transformation diagram

   By c.baum, September 14, 2016
   • 13 replies
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   • anvil
   • October 14, 2017

7. Curious on temper of a pin/ drift punch from coil spring 5160 I'm guessing

   By Bustapepper, August 2
   • 17 replies
   • 615 views
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   • anvil
   • August 8

8. 4140 Cracked when hardening 1 2 3

   By Ancientsword, January 3, 2014
   • 67 replies
   • 6,367 views
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   • Frosty
   • August 7

9. Boiling water quench.

   By Bob JS, June 13, 2009
   • 12 replies
   • 3,909 views
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   • Steve Sells
   • July 22

10. S7 heat treating

    By Mad Irishman, July 16
    • 5 replies
    • 293 views
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    • BIGGUNDOCTOR
    • July 17

11. 16 gallon oil quench tank

    By MC Hammer, July 1
    • 21 replies
    • 588 views
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    • MC Hammer
    • July 3

12. Hardening 4140 need advice

    By Dan Manns, June 19
    • 22 replies
    • 596 views
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    • Dan Manns
    • July 1

13. Air temperature vs. material temperature

    By Whiskeymike, June 24
    • 9 replies
    • 279 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • June 25

14. Is tempering always a good thing?

    By lyuv, June 18
    • 13 replies
    • 507 views
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    • anvil
    • June 20

15. Annealing drill rod.

    By Dasher, June 14
    • 18 replies
    • 446 views
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    • Frosty
    • June 19

16. Heat Treatment of H13 hot work tool steel

    By Hojjat, June 14
    • 1 reply
    • 252 views
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    • Steve Sells
    • June 14

17. Quench oil questions.

    By Pr3ssure, May 27
    • 5 replies
    • 606 views
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    • BIGGUNDOCTOR
    • May 28

18. Slowly heating hi carbon steel

    By Burak, May 20
    • 10 replies
    • 476 views
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    • Steve Sells
    • May 24

19. Hammer quenching frustration

    By Cast and Forge, February 13   

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    • 19 replies
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    • Chris Williams
    • May 23

20. Case Hardening 1 2

    By LeMarechal, May 6
    • 27 replies
    • 901 views
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    • jlpservicesinc
    • May 10

21. ThermoCycling using compressed nitrogen

    By TexasSteelWorks, May 7
    • 2 replies
    • 268 views
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    • Frosty
    • May 7

22. H13 tool steel

    By parintele, February 13, 2013
    • 13 replies
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    • Songshun
    • April 17

23. 4140 Cracks

    By flux_lalonde, March 10
    • 9 replies
    • 662 views
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    • c.baum
    • April 10

24. hardening fire strikers

    By Nobby, March 3
    • 24 replies
    • 969 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • March 20

25. Mud quenching? 1 2

    By JHCC, February 19
    • 36 replies
    • 1,203 views
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    • Steve Sells
    • February 26