home heat treat methods?

[madmikej]

I'm working on my first sword,it's about 2 inches long I'm just getting a feel for the grinder and I was wondering if I can use a propane torch to give my toothpic any extra added strength? its made from a piece of steel patio furniture i chopped up.

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[Bruce Evans]

Is it steel or Aluminum???? A propane torch is not hot enough.Check out other Questions on the forums and you will find out how to heat treat.

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[Bruce Bump]

How much extra strength do you need in a 2" sword?

 

[Lynn]

You can do a rough heat treating of small objects by using, what I think is Don Fogg's "mini" forge. It's just a soft kiln brick with a large hole drilled long ways of the brick and a smaller hole for the propane torch head.
The real problem is that you probally have a mild steel that doesn't have enough carbon to treat effectively, unless you use "super quinch".
Hope that helps, Lynn