Heat Treating, general discussion

538 topics in this forum

1. 4140 cracking issue 1 2

   By MOblacksmith0530, June 4, 2012
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   • Stormcrow
   • August 14, 2012

3. Tempering Iron

   By The Armourer, November 5, 2014
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   • VaughnT
   • November 22, 2014

4. Nail Header; how hard is too hard?

   By SReynolds, October 23, 2014
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   • SReynolds
   • October 24, 2014

5. Mig Welding Spring Steel and Heat Treatments ?

   By SReynolds, October 14, 2014
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   • forgemaster
   • October 16, 2014

6. Tempering temps for 1045?

   By will52100, August 19, 2014
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   • will52100
   • August 27, 2014

7. Moisture in my vermiculite

   By EricJergensen, April 11, 2014   

   • vermiculite
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   • RGraff
   • July 11, 2014

8. Annealing This Large Twist Drill

   By DavidTodtman, June 19, 2014
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   • Gergely
   • June 20, 2014

9. Heat Treat Oven

   By nicole, June 2, 2014   

   • electric heat treat oven
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   • nicole
   • June 3, 2014

10. Question on heat coloring

    By sdcowboy, May 28, 2014
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    • sdcowboy
    • May 29, 2014

11. One temp fits all anneal.... and heat treating for helper tool

    By bogmonster, May 2, 2014
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    • bogmonster
    • May 19, 2014

12. Heat Treating Nails...a Beginner's (possibly dumb) Question

    By BowtoEd, April 28, 2014
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    • Chinobi
    • May 2, 2014

13. General question on tempering

    By JME1149, April 24, 2014
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    • rthibeau
    • April 24, 2014

14. Heat treat spring

    By jdinbr, March 13, 2014   

    • spring
    • heat treat
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    • BIGGUNDOCTOR
    • April 12, 2014

15. heat treating and crosssection change

    By anvil, March 6, 2014
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    • anvil
    • March 7, 2014

16. A blue hammer

    By Admanfrd, February 3, 2014
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    • Rashelle
    • March 5, 2014

17. How to temper a flint-and-steel steel?

    By rdennett, February 22, 2014
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    • Rashelle
    • February 23, 2014

18. Basic guide to Ferrous Metallurgy

    By ASMEsecIX, February 11, 2014
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    • ASMEsecIX
    • February 11, 2014

19. Tempering Fail

    By jdinbr, January 18, 2014
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    • patrick
    • January 31, 2014

20. do i need to heat treat tool steal thats already been work hardened?

    By chris freeman, January 30, 2014
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    • VaughnT
    • January 30, 2014

21. Spark testing question

    By dognose, January 21, 2014
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    • Rich Hale
    • January 29, 2014

22. An idiots question about hardening

    By stovestoker, January 23, 2014
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    • stovestoker
    • January 23, 2014

23. tempering a small hammer

    By ausfire, January 21, 2014
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    • ausfire
    • January 22, 2014

24. Finishing a hammer

    By Admanfrd, January 16, 2014
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    • thingmaker3
    • January 17, 2014

25. I think I goofed

    By JacksonH, January 5, 2014
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    • Anachronist58
    • January 7, 2014

26. Case hardening (case coloring) wrought iron?

    By Black Frog, December 31, 2013
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    • ThomasPowers
    • December 31, 2013