Heat Treating, general discussion

459 topics in this forum

1. Quenching in old motor oil 1 2

   By Glenn, October 25, 2007
   • 33 replies
   • 24,589 views
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   • BillyBones
   • August 21

3. Subzero quenching

   By Steve Sells, August 6, 2018
   • 14 replies
   • 3,185 views
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   • jlpservicesinc
   • December 23, 2018

4. Heat treat information 1 2

   By Steve Sells, January 5, 2012
   • 26 replies
   • 18,712 views
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   • RogueRugger
   • July 23, 2018

5. Tempering oven on a whim..

   By j.w.s., October 31, 2014
   • 22 replies
   • 7,639 views
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   • timgunn1962
   • July 15, 2018

6. Heat treaters guide App 1 2 3

   By JNewman, October 8, 2013
   • 51 replies
   • 20,587 views
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   • Mike Scan-D
   • March 7, 2018

7. continuous cooling transformation diagram

   By c.baum, September 14, 2016
   • 13 replies
   • 4,106 views
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   • anvil
   • October 14, 2017

8. mixed results heat treating 1045

   By hunterNDN, November 8
   • 15 replies
   • 508 views
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   • ThomasPowers
   • Wednesday at 11:56 PM

9. Heat treating 4140

   By Rtmtb, December 2
   • 2 replies
   • 113 views
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   • Steve Sells
   • December 2

10. Annealing and passivating stainless steel

    By blaksdc, October 30
    • 7 replies
    • 274 views
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    • blaksdc
    • November 1

11. Normalizing or Annealing???

    By Toaster, October 28
    • 13 replies
    • 271 views
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    • Irondragon Forge & Clay
    • October 29

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

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

13. 4140 Cracked when hardening 1 2 3

    By Ancientsword, January 3, 2014
    • 67 replies
    • 6,566 views
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    • Frosty
    • August 7

14. Boiling water quench.

    By Bob JS, June 13, 2009
    • 12 replies
    • 4,064 views
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    • Steve Sells
    • July 22

15. S7 heat treating

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

16. 16 gallon oil quench tank

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

17. Hardening 4140 need advice

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

18. Air temperature vs. material temperature

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

19. Is tempering always a good thing?

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

20. Annealing drill rod.

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

21. Heat Treatment of H13 hot work tool steel

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

22. Quench oil questions.

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

23. Slowly heating hi carbon steel

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

24. Hammer quenching frustration

    By Cast and Forge, February 13   

    • drifting
    • 1045
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      • 1045
      • cracking
      • hammerforging
    • 19 replies
    • 748 views
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    • Chris Williams
    • May 23

25. Case Hardening 1 2

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

26. ThermoCycling using compressed nitrogen

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