EvenHeat Ovens

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Mr.Fox

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I am currently looking into getting a heat treating oven, and needed some good advice with going about this, I am still young and living paycheck to paycheck so, 1k $ is not something I want to make a mistake with.
I am worried about a lot of things and dont want to screw up any purchases I makel; don't really mind screwing up a knife, but the equipment needs to be good.


Any advice on ovens?

I was just looking at one of the Knife version evenheat ovens,
specifically:
http://www.evenheat-kiln.com/?pg=models&c=11&p=58


If there is any way around an oven LMK
 
It's really nice to be able to do your own blades, and if this is a hobby and you want to learn how to heat treat for your own personal edification, then a programmable Evenheat (you gotta get the Rampmaster controller) is a good purchase. If the idea is to make money, the Evenheat is still a good purchase if you do a lot of blades and plan to make knives forever.

BUT (!!!) the pros do it very affordably and much more efficiently. If you think you might like making knives but aren't sure, outsource. If you only make a few blades a year, outsource. If you just don't really like heat treating, outsource. It would take a LOOOONG time for the savings you'd get from doing it yourself to overcome the cost of a good kiln like the Evenheat. If you factor in your time saved, it might never make economic sense to do your own.

I quit doing my own stainless because the economics just didn't work. I still heat treat my own carbon blades, and occasional stainless one-offs, but for most stainless it's Peter's for me, and I have a 22.5" Evenheat with the programable controller.
 
I heat treat with a forge however I use a even heat since 98 to draw stuff back and anneal some big stuff when forging have never had a problem. Big investment ya but no more paying someone else to do it and shipping back and forth and the days it ties up.

Cliff
 
I have the evenheat artisan. It's an absolutely wonderful piece of equipment, and will fit knives up to about 9 inches overall. Perfect for me, because I only make small fixed blade knives. The oven will get to a bit over 2000 degrees, but I cruise right under the 1600 deg mark on most everything I do, which is carbon steel. The oven plugs right into your standard household plug, and heats to about 1500 degrees in maybe a half hour. If you're looking to make small to medium sized knives (neckers and hunters) this is a great oven to have.

Much like you, I am not a wealthy person, and decided that with my financial situation and household, this was the best option for me. It's more than paid for itself.
 
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