Heat Treating, general discussion

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1. Air temperature vs. material temperature

   By Whiskeymike, June 24, 2019
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   • ThomasPowers
   • June 25, 2019

3. Is tempering always a good thing?

   By lyuv, June 18, 2019
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   • anvil
   • June 20, 2019

4. Annealing drill rod.

   By Dasher, June 14, 2019
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   • Frosty
   • June 19, 2019

5. Heat Treatment of H13 hot work tool steel

   By Hojjat, June 14, 2019
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   • Steve Sells
   • June 14, 2019

6. Quench oil questions.

   By Pr3ssure, May 27, 2019
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   • BIGGUNDOCTOR
   • May 28, 2019

7. Slowly heating hi carbon steel

   By Burak, May 20, 2019
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   • Steve Sells
   • May 24, 2019

8. Hammer quenching frustration

   By Cast and Forge, February 13, 2019   

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   • Chris Williams
   • May 23, 2019

9. Case Hardening 1 2

   By LeMarechal, May 6, 2019
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   • jlpservicesinc
   • May 10, 2019

10. ThermoCycling using compressed nitrogen

    By TexasSteelWorks, May 7, 2019
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    • Frosty
    • May 7, 2019

11. H13 tool steel

    By parintele, February 13, 2013
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    • Songshun
    • April 17, 2019

12. 4140 Cracks

    By flux_lalonde, March 10, 2019
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    • c.baum
    • April 10, 2019

13. hardening fire strikers

    By Nobby, March 3, 2019
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    • ThomasPowers
    • March 20, 2019

14. Mud quenching? 1 2

    By JHCC, February 19, 2019
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    • Steve Sells
    • February 26, 2019

15. S7 hot tools

    By TeH_Chach, February 1, 2019
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    • anvil
    • February 24, 2019

16. Case Hardening

    By Aubrey, February 17, 2019
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    • ThomasPowers
    • February 20, 2019

17. Temper colors and steel

    By Rojo Pedro, January 30, 2019
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    • Sly
    • February 18, 2019

18. Question on time between normalization cycles and heat treat

    By FatFrumos, February 7, 2019
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    • FatFrumos
    • February 8, 2019

19. Material 420 distortion

    By BryanCLV, January 23, 2019
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    • Steven W.
    • February 5, 2019

20. How much quench oil to use

    By dickb, January 22, 2019
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    • Sly
    • February 3, 2019

21. Show your quench tanks/containers. (and help me with mine)

    By Mrhappybottms, September 5, 2014   

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    • Sly
    • February 3, 2019

22. Superquench question? 1 2

    By Jack Evers, January 7, 2013
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    • Sly
    • January 31, 2019

23. 4140 dies turned out to not be 4140. What next?

    By Adair, January 10, 2019
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    • stevomiller
    • January 22, 2019

24. can high alloyed tool steels quenched in brine ?

    By Iron Madara, December 23, 2018
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    • Sly
    • January 14, 2019

25. How do I harden old railroad spikes? 1 2

    By Turbo Dog, September 25, 2018
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    • Turbo Dog
    • December 3, 2018

26. Measuring Foundry Tempature

    By CryptoCaser, November 2, 2018
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    • Buzzkill
    • November 6, 2018