Heat Treating, general discussion

536 topics in this forum

1. Rail - evidence of heat treat? 1 2

   By Michael Cochran, February 9, 2018
   • 28 replies
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   • BeaverNZ
   • March 19, 2018

3. Heat Treating Railroad Anvil

   By Stahlmann, March 8, 2018
   • 23 replies
   • 5.2k views
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   • Frosty
   • March 11, 2018

4. Quench and tempering Rex 49 (ANSI M4)

   By Blaine, February 18, 2018
   • 7 replies
   • 2.3k views
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   • ThomasPowers
   • February 20, 2018

5. What kind of projects can be quenched in water?

   By AndrewB, February 9, 2018
   • 19 replies
   • 2.1k views
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   • ThomasPowers
   • February 10, 2018

6. Double heat treatment

   By MilwaukeeJon, November 20, 2017
   • 8 replies
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   • Charles R. Stevens
   • January 31, 2018

7. Quenching oil temp.

   By Nathan C., January 28, 2018
   • 4 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • January 28, 2018

8. Vegetable oil vs Mineral oil

   By 81pistolsfiring, January 28, 2018
   • 1 reply
   • 1.8k views
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   • Charles R. Stevens
   • January 28, 2018

9. Burnt Steel - what's happening metallurgically?

   By EricJergensen, February 11, 2014
   • 14 replies
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   • Will W.
   • January 27, 2018

10. Kolene

    By BillyBones, January 18, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • bigb
    • January 24, 2018

11. Quenching Tool Steel Literally

    By JustNick, January 4, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • BillyBones
    • January 19, 2018

12. Would a Chrome-Vanadium Steel Wrench be Tempered?

    By Crunch, September 6, 2012   

    • welding
    • tools
    • 10 replies
    • 16.5k views
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    • BillyBones
    • January 18, 2018

13. Quench Tank Ideas 1 2

    By Big Bill, December 29, 2017
    • 26 replies
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    • Reeltree
    • January 3, 2018

14. 4142 Hammer Failure 1 2

    By Adam R, October 18, 2016
    • 26 replies
    • 5.8k views
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    • anvil
    • December 2, 2017

15. Hardening a CR-V based hotcut hardy tool 1 2

    By CheschireCat, October 30, 2017   

    • tooling
    • mystery steel
    • 28 replies
    • 5.8k views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • November 21, 2017

16. Quench oil.

    By Gareth Johnston, November 13, 2017   

    • oil.
    • 4 replies
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    • Gareth Johnston
    • November 16, 2017

17. Quenching oil

    By Budi Sudarso, November 15, 2017
    • 2 replies
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    • timgunn1962
    • November 15, 2017

18. Tempering in oil

    By dickb, June 24, 2017
    • 13 replies
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    • Angelfire Forge
    • November 10, 2017

19. Old film about heat treating, etc

    By MilwaukeeJon, October 26, 2017
    • 0 replies
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    • MilwaukeeJon
    • October 26, 2017

20. Steel tool

    By Nykokuro, October 21, 2017
    • 5 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • October 22, 2017

21. Water based machine tool coolant for quench

    By John Kelley, October 10, 2017
    • 17 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • October 18, 2017

22. Heat treating a hammer drift

    By MilwaukeeJon, October 1, 2017
    • 14 replies
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    • swedefiddle
    • October 4, 2017

23. Heat treating to enhance pattern

    By 51 Papy, September 17, 2017
    • 2 replies
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    • 51 Papy
    • September 26, 2017

24. Mystery steel

    By Chem, August 20, 2017
    • 6 replies
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    • Buzzkill
    • August 22, 2017

25. I didn't find this question in any other posts.... I may be safe :)

    By Tommie Hockett, August 8, 2017
    • 9 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • August 10, 2017

26. Heat treating M2 HSS..the wrong way?

    By Kozzy, June 27, 2016
    • 11 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • JNewman
    • August 5, 2017