Altusjg Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hello to All, I'm new to this site and to smithing in general. I searched throughout this site and have read alot of great information on annealing, normalizing, hardening and tempering. I was wondering however, what do i do with an unfinished product at the end of the day when its time to turn in. Say for instance i have annealed a piece of steel, hot worked it as much as i could manage in the time i had, and now it's time to shut down the forge and put up for the day/night. Do i need to normalize the forementioned piece of stock before i shut down?, Should i go through the annealing process again?, Or can i just shut it down and set the unfinished product off to the side until the next chance i get to come back to it. I really don't want to start out with the right process only to ruine a half finished piece because i didn't do something as simple as normalizing or annealing and setting in ash or vermiculite to cool until its time to fire up the forge again. All info/advice is much appreciated. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 with most steels, just normalizing after you finish forging for while, is plenty. high alloy steels are another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altusjg Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thanks for the replay Steve. Thats kinda what i did with my last piece but i wanted to be sure. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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