anybody use clamps during temper?

[Daniel Koster]

I have a knife in the temper oven - got it clamped to a large, heavy, flat plate of mild steel. Normally, I would just sandwich it between two plates...but I can't find the other one.

Has anybody used clamps like this?

Any danger of toxic fumes? I assume it's case-hardened? Maybe not...


Here's a pic of the clamp:

 

[mete]

I always thought that was chrome plated so there would be no fumes .Have you had warping problrms ??

 

[blgoode]

I will use a plate quench but I dont use clamps during tempering. IF the steel wants to move, I think It will move after the clamps are removed but I could be wrong

 

[Burchtree]

why are you clamping it for tempering? Doing stainless?