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I went to wal-mart to buy oil to do some oil quenching on a chisel. There were numerous kinds. My question is does the type really matter? I don't know to much about oil. Does viscosity matter? Is there a best kind or is it all the same? Thank you for your help.

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Steel type matters. Viscosity matters. The size of the chisel matters. Many things matter. The more detail you can provide the better answers you'll get.

As for oil, I use vegetable oil heated to around 120 degrees F.

ron

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Now you have to temper it or it will be too hard to work and will likey fail There is a blueprint by Quenchcrack on file with a lot of info about hardening and tempering.

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