Heat Treating, general discussion

498 topics in this forum

1. Quenching in old motor oil 1 2 3

   By Glenn, October 25, 2007
   • 51 replies
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   • Frosty
   • November 20, 2020

3. Tempering oven on a whim..

   By j.w.s., October 31, 2014
   • 23 replies
   • 9.6k views
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   • M.J.Lampert
   • October 23, 2020

4. Quenchants and their relative speeds

   By Glenn, May 6, 2020
   • 0 replies
   • 650 views
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   • Glenn
   • May 6, 2020

5. Subzero quenching

   By Steve Sells, August 6, 2018
   • 14 replies
   • 5.9k views
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   • jlpservicesinc
   • December 23, 2018

6. Heat treat information 1 2

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

7. Heat treaters guide App 1 2 3

   By JNewman, October 8, 2013
   • 51 replies
   • 26.1k views
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   • Mike Scan-D
   • March 7, 2018

8. continuous cooling transformation diagram

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

9. reducing grain growth 1 2

   By Archie Zietman, October 19, 2005
   • 25 replies
   • 2.6k views
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   • JHCC
   • Monday at 07:02 PM

10. Hardening Mild Steel 1 2

    By Blacksmith Jim, November 29, 2007
    • 32 replies
    • 45.8k views
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    • George N. M.
    • Saturday at 11:53 PM

11. Annealing in Kaowool

    By White Nomad, February 23   

    • question
    • annealing
    • 14 replies
    • 166 views
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    • swedefiddle
    • February 24

12. Tools that have been through a Forrest fire. 1 2

    By Arty Marty, January 29
    • 30 replies
    • 856 views
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    • LeeJustice
    • February 18

13. Thermometer for those with bad eyes?

    By Andrew C, January 21
    • 6 replies
    • 255 views
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    • Hawkbox
    • February 15

14. Heat treatment homemade anvil top plate

    By caotropheus, January 24
    • 0 replies
    • 185 views
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    • caotropheus
    • January 24

15. Vegetable oil as a quench oil?

    By Car23l, January 13
    • 11 replies
    • 356 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • January 14

16. Spark testing 1 2

    By Joshw, July 24, 2020
    • 25 replies
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    • Paul TIKI
    • December 31, 2020

17. Agitation

    By CrackingQuenchist, December 8, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 352 views
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    • patrick
    • December 27, 2020

18. Trouble with S7 heat treatment, won't air harden.

    By Adam R., December 6, 2020
    • 7 replies
    • 275 views
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    • Adam R.
    • December 6, 2020

19. Heat treat for AR500

    By FredlyFX, March 13, 2009
    • 20 replies
    • 18.1k views
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    • Steve Sells
    • November 28, 2020

20. Leca balls for annealing

    By Smeden gegen, November 7, 2020
    • 4 replies
    • 348 views
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    • George N. M.
    • November 9, 2020

21. Unknown steel, normalize or anneal before forging?

    By caotropheus, November 9, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 270 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • November 9, 2020

22. Heat treat oven build help

    By elijahjue, October 27, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 399 views
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    • timgunn1962
    • October 29, 2020

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

    By Spinnor, October 20, 2020
    • 4 replies
    • 292 views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • October 21, 2020

24. Oil query, for the old timers..

    By j.w.s., May 20, 2020
    • 4 replies
    • 750 views
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    • Sooty
    • October 20, 2020

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

    By Pablo Delfín, October 7, 2020   

    • heatreat
    • tools
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      Tagged with:

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      • blacksmith
    • 2 replies
    • 519 views
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    • JHCC
    • October 7, 2020

26. Taking some of the hardness out of s7?

    By Stephen spivey 1, September 21, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 281 views
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    • Stephen spivey 1
    • September 21, 2020