Heat Treating, general discussion

489 topics in this forum

1. Quenching in old motor oil 1 2 3

   By Glenn, October 25, 2007
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   • Frosty
   • November 20

3. Tempering oven on a whim..

   By j.w.s., October 31, 2014
   • 23 replies
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   • M.J.Lampert
   • October 23

4. Subzero quenching

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

5. Heat treat information 1 2

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

6. Heat treaters guide App 1 2 3

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

7. continuous cooling transformation diagram

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

8. Heat treat for AR500

   By FredlyFX, March 13, 2009
   • 20 replies
   • 17.2k views
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   • Steve Sells
   • Saturday at 11:36 PM

9. Leca balls for annealing

   By Smeden gegen, November 7
   • 4 replies
   • 215 views
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   • George N. M.
   • November 9

10. Unknown steel, normalize or anneal before forging?

    By caotropheus, November 9
    • 2 replies
    • 119 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • November 9

11. Heat treat oven build help

    By elijahjue, October 27
    • 2 replies
    • 207 views
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    • timgunn1962
    • October 29

12. Bent 1/4 steel rod for bicycle bag, likely heat treated?

    By Spinnor, October 20
    • 4 replies
    • 196 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • October 21

13. Oil query, for the old timers..

    By j.w.s., May 20
    • 4 replies
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    • Sooty
    • October 20

14. Farrier's wire brush from old hacksaw blades?

    By Pablo Delfín, October 7   

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    • tools
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      • blacksmith
    • 2 replies
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    • JHCC
    • October 7

15. Taking some of the hardness out of s7?

    By Stephen spivey 1, September 21
    • 1 reply
    • 182 views
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    • Stephen spivey 1
    • September 21

16. Hardening Mild Steel 1 2

    By Blacksmith Jim, November 29, 2007
    • 29 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • September 2

17. Annealing at home: is it truly impossible, or just myth...

    By bliziak, August 28
    • 14 replies
    • 405 views
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    • bliziak
    • August 29

18. 4350 tempering question

    By MarriedWithAnvils, August 16
    • 4 replies
    • 311 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • August 17

19. Fox Wedges

    By Dax Hewitt, July 29
    • 4 replies
    • 393 views
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    • Dax Hewitt
    • July 30

20. Heat treating question

    By Andren Fire, July 10
    • 6 replies
    • 448 views
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    • Andren Fire
    • July 11

21. Annealing old tool steel

    By Bleu86, May 4
    • 17 replies
    • 846 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • June 30

22. Rockwell Hardness Tester. Ames AT 2200 (Model 2)

    By jlpservicesinc, June 11
    • 2 replies
    • 477 views
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    • jlpservicesinc
    • June 11

23. Heat treating problem

    By Blacksmith village, June 6
    • 24 replies
    • 668 views
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    • pnut
    • June 9

24. Quenchants and their relative speeds

    By Glenn, May 6
    • 0 replies
    • 290 views
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    • Glenn
    • May 6

25. Rockwell Hardness Tester. Model HR-150A

    By jlpservicesinc, April 23
    • 21 replies
    • 526 views
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    • JHCC
    • April 28

26. Quench Tank from Hydraulic Reservoir

    By JHCC, April 18
    • 15 replies
    • 427 views
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    • JHCC
    • April 20