Does your Quench Oil Temp REALLY matter? HT 1084

kuraki said:
That's the same price I paid for Parks? $96 for a 5 gallon bucket plus shipping.
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I just bought 5 gallons of parks, as far as I know Kelly Cupples is the only source for 5 gallon quantities now and it's 150 plus shipping.

I called heatbath and they referred me to Kelly.

Just in case anyone else is buying from him, he ships it in a 5 gallon bung hole type bucket so you will need a different bucket or tank for quenching.
 
MBurks said:
I just bought 5 gallons of parks, as far as I know Kelly Cupples is the only source for 5 gallon quantities now and it's 150 plus shipping.

I called heatbath and they referred me to Kelly.

Just in case anyone else is buying from him, he ships it in a 5 gallon bung hole type bucket so you will need a different bucket or tank for quenching.
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I haven't ordered yet (I'm out of the country for the past 2 years and for the next 5 months), but have been told that maximoil has 5 gallon buckets of it. maximoil@hotmail.com is the e-mail. Not sure what they are charging though.
 
Yes. I bought it from Maxim last summer. At that time it was $96 plus shipping.
 
I paid like 130 from Maxim. Shipped pretty fast and they were great to work with.
 
Jrmysell said:
I haven't ordered yet (I'm out of the country for the past 2 years and for the next 5 months), but have been told that maximoil has 5 gallon buckets of it. maximoil@hotmail.com is the e-mail. Not sure what they are charging though.
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They may, but they are a subsidiary of heatbath and the person I talked to at heatbath said Kelly handles all 5 gallon sales, I took her word for it.

I've had a hard time finding a metal bucket with a lid too believe it or not. I have one that's over 50 years old full of rancid bearing grease I think I'm going to have to clean out.

No one around here sells them new and so far I haven't found any industry that uses them except the place I Work, and they don't let people have them for environmental reasons.
 
Josh Rider said:
I paid like 130 from Maxim. Shipped pretty fast and they were great to work with.
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Same here, we bought ours from Maxim to. About the same price.Which makes sense we're both in Kentucky I wont be long before we need to order more.We have had it for at least 6-7 years and we're down to about 2 1/2 gallons Id say.. It never goes bad but eventually you will use some with day after day quenching a dozen things a day(My wife uses it to heat treat her strikers forged from W1)..A drip here and there, what sticks to the part it will eventually add up believe it or not.
 
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Kentucky said:
Same here, we bought ours from Maxim to. About the same price.Which makes sense we're both in Kentucky I wont be long before we need to order more.We have had it for at least 6-7 years and we're down to about 2 1/2 gallons Id say.. It never goes bad but eventually you will use some with day after day after day 6 days a week quenching a dozen things a day(My wife uses it to heat treat her strikers forged from W1)..A drip here and there, what sticks to the part it will eventually add up believe it or not.
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Do you notice any evaporation? I have half of it in an uncovered pail and I don't use it anywhere near as often as you guys, but the level has gone down quite a bit in about a year and a half.
I think I'll get a big ammo can to keep it in next time I get up to the herbfest (not that kind of herb) lol.
 
You know its funny you mention that. I was just in the shop to turn the heater on. I looked and I was wrong. I said 2 1/2 gallons, I bet there isn't 1 1/2 gallons left :grumpy: Ours is in a large stainless cooker with a lid but the lid is not air tight..You have me wondering about some kind of evaporation now..
I just emailed maxim to make sure they still sell it..Ill post the answer when I find out for sure.
 
Thank you Kuraki for the info about those ammo cans. I had some trouble finding quench tanks with suitable height but at the same time were not too large in volume and that first one looks like the ticket.
 
A dandy quench tank is to weld up a 6" piece of pipe with a bottom on it about three feet tall..even better still is tap it to accept a hot water heater element..When we order our next batch of oil Im going to make one like that.
 
I'll jump on the Maxim bandwagon here - I got my 50 in last week and it was $130 shipped to Georgia. They were great to work with and it was delivered a couple days after speaking to Carla.
 
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