As has been mentioned many times before in heat treatment discussions, at room temperature iron atoms are arranged in a body center cubic (BCC) stacki...

After taking the time to type it up I thought this explanation would be a better fit in the more advanced ABS University Heat Treating and Metallurgy ...

Hello Ethan, This is a very complex and long considered subject. I can provide some answers but it can't be done in a few short lines, and a lo...

[quote name='Ed Caffrey' date='09 December 2019 - 09:38 AM' timestamp='1575902329' post='25664'] ...Personally, I'd rather have my toes smashed with...

I looked into the LLC route years ago, had the papers all written up, and then saw the monthly accounting requirements and decided it would never work...

This a great tutorial, thanks for doing it. One solid bit of advice to any new maker is that the sheath is what sells the knife. If you can't make goo...

I did the 5 year renewal last year, and now it feels like I'm always forgetting to do something this time of year, but I can rest assured that it is d...

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I can count on one hand the number of knifemakers that have been using a salt bath longer than I have, and I would say that if you have a reliable and...

[quote name='Lin Rhea' date='31 October 2019 - 07:36 AM' timestamp='1572525390' post='25475'] Our condolences to Burt and the family. We're so sorry...

Yuanming, you will need to resize the images, as they have exceeded the limits of this forum. We generally give people 24 to 26 hours to resize to 10...

Full quench, with appropriate temper. As has been pointed out by the others here, tempered martensite will give you the best optimization of strength ...

Hello, I have never tried anythign like your planned operation. Perhaps somebody here has, and can give some insight.