nicole Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Hi All, I have been working on my heat treat oven over the last number of weeks here and there. It is loosely modeled after a paragon. The control box contains a fan, soak/ramp PID, a 40 amp solid state relay on a heat sink and a fan to keep things cool. The oven shell is plain sheet metal and the bricks were K23. The scavenged heating elements I used were laid into grooves cut in the brick and held in place where needed with little stables I made from excess heating element wire. The inside chamber is about 4.5 x 4.5 x 9 inches dimension. I am using it to heat treat little tools I am making and can run it up to 1775, though it takes 30 minutes or so to get up there. Yes those are scavenged bed frames for the door frame.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Wow, thats a nice looking unit! I would have thought it a purchased unit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Cool Nicole. Do you also have pictures of your tooling once done? I know a chisel is a chisel and a punch is a punch. Well sort of. It's always nice to see others tooling too though. Your heat treat oven looks a treat to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Ty Mitch, Rashelle; tooling..I have made one piece so far, it is a little 1/2 drift that also has a 1/4 punch at the end..I need to test it but I am working on a slitting chisel too and will post those. I need to see more pictures of tooling myself so I actually can copy things to make my own! Nicole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Nice heat treat oven all round. It's a handy size and seems to have all the bells and whistles that make sense. It'd get it's own apartment in my shop you betcha. Are you thinking of making some repousse/chasing tools? Garage door spring is a good size and not too hard to come by. A good friend uses hex stock for his. I make it a habit to buy allen wrenches, chisels and punches at garage/yard sales if the asking price is reasonable. They make good chasing chisels, etc. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Frosty, regarding tooling, repousse is a bit down the road for me. I don't even have proper hot and cold chisels yet! I will keep my eye open for spring stock like you have mentioned and I have started scavenging up bits of old tools at fleamarkets here and there. I am becoming quite the packrat :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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