Free Heat Treat Guide

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langchop

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Hi guys... Been a while since I was last here... Hoping someone can refresh my memory:

Some time back there was a discussion around heat treating information and someone posted the details of a company who had a little booklet which they posted to you for free, gratis and for nothing.

If anyone recalls the company name, the link, or the booklet name, I would be grateful if you could let me know

Regards

Lang
 
the seco booklet isn't that great - it doesn't have a detailed tempering graph the various steels.
 
patriqq said:
the seco booklet isn't that great - it doesn't have a detailed tempering graph the various steels.
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Yeah, I wasn't overly impressed with the booklet. Another book I have is The Atlas of Isothermal Tranformation Diagrams put out by US Steel. It is a very old copy though, and seems to be missing a number of common knifemaking steels.

Patrick, what do you recommend as a comprehensive source for heat treating info for various knifemaking steels?

Erin
 
loussharp1 said:
Hi Langchop,
This is one on line. http://www.knives.com/heatreat.html
If you need more let us know. There are others.
Good Luck!!!
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"Soak times can generally be taken as one hour per inch of thickness. For example 15 minutes would be about right for a quarter inch thick blade."

Not true, this is bad info.
 
Hypocrite said:
Yeah, I wasn't overly impressed with the booklet. Another book I have is The Atlas of Isothermal Tranformation Diagrams put out by US Steel. It is a very old copy though, and seems to be missing a number of common knifemaking steels.

Patrick, what do you recommend as a comprehensive source for heat treating info for various knifemaking steels?

Erin
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I was going to ask you the same thing!
 
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