June 29, 20187 yr Alright so, i know a guy that works at a welding shop. he ordered me some "1084" flat bar, the reason i put 1084 in quotations is because i dont know if it is.... i cut out 2 knives and before i annealed them i decided i was gonna test the steel. I got a scrap peice from cutting the tip into the blade. I heated it up to a bright red/ dull orange quenched in pre heated (about bath water hot) vegstable oil and it did not harden. I quenched again a little hotter this time same, cut off a new peice quenched it a little cooler, let it cool down, checked it, soft. So at this point im frustrated, so i heated it up to a bright red (just like the first time) quenched it in water and it still bent and wouldnt skate a file!! There were less sparks from that then some 1095 farriers rasps, but the Sparks were bursting like high carbon though... i cant think of anything else to do... thanks for your help in advance!
June 29, 20187 yr try orange 1084 hardens at 1475 F in oil so you could be too cool, also the waters vapor jacket could be interfering
June 29, 20187 yr Author 17 minutes ago, Steve Sells said: try orange 1084 hardens at 1475 F in oil so you cold be too cool, also the waters vapor jacket could be interfering When i said i quenched a little hotter that time it was a mid/ bright orange. Also i quench in a gas forge.
June 29, 20187 yr Author 25 minutes ago, Steve Sells said: how do you quench in a forge? i quench in oil i use a gas forge to heat my work!
June 30, 20187 yr You had me excited for a moment. A forge quench would be the biggest thing since bar stock.
June 30, 20187 yr Author 51 minutes ago, Tubalcain2 said: You had me excited for a moment. A forge quench would be the biggest thing since bar stock. Haha yeah
June 30, 20187 yr Author 4 hours ago, Steve Sells said: then it wont harden no matter what you do Yeah steve... thats why i said mystery solved.... i know 1018 is mild, it only has .18% carbon where 1084 has .84% carbon.
July 3, 20187 yr Tubalcain2; may I suggest you look into Austempering and salt baths if you like to quench in furnaces?
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