Harbor Freight Thermometer

Whit

Whit

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I remember awhile back seeing some talk about a digital thermometer/ probe available at Harbor Freight. I even looked at in on the web page, but now I can't find it. Does anybody have one, or know where to get one? Any feedback on how they work? Thanks,

Ryan
 
I have one of them Ryan. It worked ok as long as you were only checking forging temps. The thermacouple did not last very long when I checked John's forge to see at what temp he was welding the hawk heads (Trackrock last fall). I had to make a conversion chart, C - F, but that was easy enough. I've got a replacement t-couple on order (they're a little slow for some reason).
I've got a HF nearby, if I get a chance next week, I'll see if they have any in stock. Mine is in the shop and out of reach at the moment.
Carl Rex
 
Thanks Carl. Not sure if I'm going to make it to Statesboro, we have some other family plans that may or may not fall on that weekend. Any idea when you'll be up at Trackrock again? That's one I don't plan on missing.

Ryan
 
Ryan,
Shooting for late March for a Trackrock HI. Still got to get some technicalities to work out. Seem to have misplaced my buddy Anthony (the chef). I know he's out there somewhere. Need the "Rib Man" fix if you know what I mean. I also need to get a window date from the Alexander's at TR.
Don't want to follow to close on the tails of the Guild meeting.
I'll put the notice out as soon as I have something solid.
 
severtecher said:
You might check Flukes website http://www.fluke.com/ for probes or maybe Raytek for infared thermometers.
http://www.raytek-northamerica.com/index2.html

Emissivity is the only problem with the IR guns I have used . You need a baseline or comparison to get an accurate reading on some materials, including steels. Worth a look anyhow.
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The Raytek IR guns don't go high enough for most forge work.
The major problem with them is they cannot give you a spot temp on a blade until you remove it from the forge.
When the blade is in the forge, you'll be looking at the flame temperature, which are much higher than the contents of the forge.

For thermocouples, I'd recommend Omega Engineering. They have the most varied types out there.
 
Whit said:
I remember awhile back seeing some talk about a digital thermometer/ probe available at Harbor Freight. I even looked at in on the web page, but now I can't find it. Does anybody have one, or know where to get one? Any feedback on how they work? Thanks,

Ryan
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Ryan

I have an Extech digital thermocouple temperature meter I bought from Davis instruments many years ago. It uses a type K thermocouple for input.

http://www.davisnet.com

http://www.extech.com/instrument/categories/thermo/subcategory/thermocouple.html

Type K is good to about 2600°F and you can make them from fairly inexpensive thermocoulpe extension wire.

Jim A.
 
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