First time AEB-L heat treat

[Kevin McGovern]

Well, new oven I built, first time sub zero quench. Everything went off as expected. I had one blade came out with one spot of warp that was easily remedied prior to sub zero. I was surprised at the pretty colors on all but one of the blades. Thanks all for the help.

And my multimeter specs say it only goes down to -20°c. It dove to 60 and stayed there. I'm sure it was colder, but how cold I don't know.

 

[Lo/Rez]

Looks good. What temp are you tempering at?

 

[DevinT]

Awesome! Looks good.

Hoss

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Looks good. What temp are you tempering at?

275 temper

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Awesome! Looks good.

Hoss

Thank you sir! I followed your single oven suggested heat treat. I dunked my plates in ice water between blades to keep things moving.

 

[Busto]

Sweet....One of my favorite blade steels to work :thumbup:

 

[Kevin McGovern]

It is and easier steel to work than I'm used to. Takes a lot longer to heat treat with the 2 soaks and the heating time of my oven. I need to add and alarm buzzer for my steps so I'm not feeling the need to be tied to my oven for long periods.