Heat Treating Manuals

I found that the catalogs that Pacific Steel and Crucible have most all that is needed for the shop environment. I paid $20 for the one I got from pacific and $5 for the one I got from crucible. Pacific covers carbon and some alloy steels and crucible covers Stainless etc. I have also found several sights on the internet from steel companies that provide information. Cincinnati tool steel and Diehl tool steels provide great resource info on HT. I try to collect all info I can on the subject and have found that the expertise on the forums help even more.

Chuck
 
If one is going to use just one or two alloys and work with them alot, then What Chuck recomended does make the msot sense. Simply ask your steel supplier for some data and spec. sheets on the steel. If you want to learn more about the processes involved, by some seperate metallurgy/heat treating texts.

If you plan on working with a few more alloys or helping those who do, "The Heat Treaters Guide" Is an invaluable resource, and if one can afford it-the book to have. But there is a more sensible way even to do that. THe noew one is outrageous in price but earlier editions from used book sellers on line are much cheaper. My edition has all the specs and info on the steels but is lacking the pages and pages of directions on calibrating ovens and atmospheres and other such. What you really want are those steel specs. If you want to learn about the aother metallurgical topics you will do better buying seperate books devoted just to those topics, it will be more indepth and informative and actaully cheaper to buy a half a dozen really good texts, rather than that one new edition.


By the way Maquahuitl, I LOVE your avatar! Did you snap that photo yourself? A few folks who hang around me much in private know that I am a spider nut (don't kill one in front of me). They completely fascinate me and I have raised many species of tarantula from around the world. Before people succumb to feelings generated by cheap horror movies, they should really consider what type of world we would live in if not for our eight legged neighbors.
 
I have every intention of picking up a copy of "Heat Treater's Guide", it just tseems that I never manage to get the one someone's trying to get rid of! Knowing my dumb luck, I'll end up shelling out the long dollar for it -- s'okay by me, as I'd rather pay and learn that keep the money and remain ignorant!



Kevin R. Cashen said:
A few folks who hang around me much in private know that I am a spider nut (don't kill one in front of me).
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I can't believe this didn't coome up before... I used to keep a bunch, as well! Remind me to tell you my baby Pseudotheraphosa urticating hair story... (I think that species has been re-taxonomized since, no?).
 
Kevin R. Cashen said:
By the way Maquahuitl, I LOVE your avatar! Did you snap that photo yourself? A few folks who hang around me much in private know that I am a spider nut (don't kill one in front of me). They completely fascinate me and I have raised many species of tarantula from around the world. Before people succumb to feelings generated by cheap horror movies, they should really consider what type of world we would live in if not for our eight legged neighbors.
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You probably hated "Arachnophobia" then, since the spiders all die in the end.:D
 
Kevin R. Cashen said:
By the way Maquahuitl, I LOVE your avatar! Did you snap that photo yourself? A few folks who hang around me much in private know that I am a spider nut (don't kill one in front of me). They completely fascinate me and I have raised many species of tarantula from around the world. Before people succumb to feelings generated by cheap horror movies, they should really consider what type of world we would live in if not for our eight legged neighbors.
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Yeah that's my pet spider who's been living at my front door for a few weeks now. We've had a bumper crop of tarantulas this year. He's usually pretty sedate and calm and will let me photgraph him up close no problem. He was a live wire the other day, though, and sprung off his favorite ledge right at my face. I freaked out, naturally. I didn't know I could move that fast! Thanks for the info, too!
 
IMHO if you need much more info than "The Heat Treater's Guide", you'll need to take a university course in Metallurgy.
Stacy
 
MrPurple said:
I can't believe this didn't coome up before... I used to keep a bunch, as well! Remind me to tell you my baby Pseudotheraphosa urticating hair story... (I think that species has been re-taxonomized since, no?).
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The closest thing to pink "foots" I worked with were a couple of Avic. avic's that I raised from baby's. Of course I have plenty of experience with urticating hairs between the T. Blondi and the A. seemanni. The cobalt blue had them but never needed them, the front end worked well enough;)

Maquahuitl, it is good I live in MI, if I lived where you are I would get very little accomplished beyond playing with my "pets". As it is I spend some time every late summer gathering larger garden (argiope) spiders so they can can spend their later days being pampered in my garden.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871701413/ref=nosim/bookfindercom0e soem quick searches showed this as the cheapest copy of the older edition out there now. It has been climbing in price drastically in the past couple of years. At this price you may as well get the newer version and enjoy all that extra information.
 
You can usually get a copy of the Heat Treater's Guide from your public library. Photocopy or scan the pages you want.
 
Maq, I picked up a copy of the heat treaters guide some time back and felt that it was one of the best things for my advancement. It is alot money but I think it is worth it. Its nice to have it right at hand, and its not going to be outdated,for a long long time.
 
Are there any online resources for heat treating common steels?
if so, please share with us a short list.. thanks
 
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