Hello Shawn, many will immediately recommend "Metallurgy for the non-metallurgist" by Verhoeven, but I believe that is too hasty a recommendation for ...

Hello Jon. Michigan! In the winter? Are you out of your mind? I can’t think of anybody in their right mind who would want to make knives in w...

Hmmm, you bring up a point I had not initially seen, the significance of Rc numbers to those who farm out their heat treatment. Indeed to these folks...

Interesting point Matt, I have certainly done a good deal more Rc testing than most, I have filled several notebooks with numbers and had to finally r...

As always oversimplified answers are rarely accurate and such is the case with Rockwell. There are those who will indeed feel that HRC is the definit...

[quote name='John Doyle' date='11 February 2016 - 10:22 AM' timestamp='1455204157' post='16149'] ...I think it takes more skill and effort to nicely...

Hello Frank, it is good to talk with you again. The appendicitis was a first for one of my classes but I would have remembered you anyhow, the China A...

The use of yard sorting guns for analysis has created some confusion for some time now, I myself have bought materials that where not correct because ...

I am not too certain of the conclusions reached by the lab. Retained austenite is a problem associated with heavy alloying or carbon contents in exces...

[quote name='Jesse Bartram' date='17 January 2016 - 07:35 AM' timestamp='1453034123' post='15864'] Joshua, I've seen those barricade packets before...

The list of judges change from year to year to make sure that applicants are being judged by the best representation of their peers and not a static p...

[quote name='Jesse Bartram' date='15 January 2016 - 08:39 AM' timestamp='1452865166' post='15840'] Hi guys, What is the safest container ...

[quote name='Derrick Wulf' date='12 January 2016 - 03:06 PM' timestamp='1452629192' post='15807'] ...What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swa...