[quote name='Dennis Clark' date='21 January 2013 - 01:00 PM' timestamp='1358791202' post='6305'] Recently, some friends were using a new low tempera...

I am so far behind that I am shutting down the shop around midnight these days, so I may not have a full preplanned talk like I prefer. But that is n...

I have yet to put together my notes for my talk so this would be a great opportunity for anybody who is attending to give any suggestions on what heat...

It all comes back to the basic rule of time = temperature, however what is missing from that rule is the amounts. Temperature will always trump time ...

[quote name='Philip Woodbury' date='02 December 2012 - 06:22 PM' timestamp='1354490548' post='5856'] Thanks for the info. iam going to heat treat us...

[quote name='Philip Woodbury' date='30 November 2012 - 08:26 PM' timestamp='1354325187' post='5835'] Kevin, I recently have purchased a Paragon heat...

[quote name='Cheyenne Walker' date='30 November 2012 - 01:10 PM' timestamp='1354299024' post='5831'] Kevin, I have heard people say that O-1 is an...

WOW, the old ABS heat treating forum is really rocking today. Yes! This is how it should be. Hello Steve, chefs knives are cool because they...

I, hope I answered Zack's questions, but it think I could also expand a bit on my post above regarding chemistry and hardenability. I already covere...

[quote name='Greg Shahan' date='29 November 2012 - 10:10 PM' timestamp='1354245043' post='5822'] ...You can quench a bunch of blades in five gal. Mi...

[quote name='Philip Woodbury' date='30 November 2012 - 07:19 AM' timestamp='1354277996' post='5825'] I am a novice knife maker and new member of ABS...

I had no idea Houghton was going for that much now. Have you tried Maxim oil in Texas? The last I knew they sold Park Metallurgical/Heat Bath’s #5...

Zack, the quality of your questions are only surpassed by the format (the lettering A,B,C etc. is excellent and makes it easy to systematically answer...

[quote name='Russell Roosevelt' date='24 November 2012 - 02:10 PM' timestamp='1353784244' post='5757'] Hello All; I have a question? What dimen...

I have worked with both, carbon steel and 316L, for tubes. The carbon steel oxidized heavily and Don is correct that they will indeed scale until a p...