KnifeDogs Heat Treating Oven. Thinking of getting one Opinions please

kenhills

kenhills

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Hi All,

Thinking of getting an oven. These are the three I am looking at.

This one http://usaknifemaker.com/kinfedogs-oven.html

Vs this one http://usaknifemaker.com/heat-treat...wx6-5-hx13-5-d-w-rampmaster-control-240v.html

vs this one http://usaknifemaker.com/heat-treat...-w5-5-xd14-5-xh4-25-sentry-digital-12key.html

Price is not to much of an issue between them. Seems the top one can do what I need it to do. Nice to have the oven do everything by itself. Seems like an alarm clock and a binder with times and temps will work as well.

Chime in please Do I really need a oven that I can connect to my computer. I'm Just saying.

Thanks, Ken
 
I would recommend the Evenheat. I hear more complaints on the Paragon. I have an Evenheat Rampmaster ll 22.5. I really believe the heat control is superior to Paragon, but that's just my opinion from using it for a few years now with no problems. Whatever you buy, be sure to get 220/240 V, and not a 110/120 V. They take too long to come up to heat.
 
I have the Evenheat also,been useing it for about 6 years.Nothing but good things to say about it.

Stan
 
I have a 220V 27" Evenheat with the Rampmaster controller; zero problems.

I wouldn't recommend a HT oven without a programmable controller.

The extra cost of the 220V unit and controller are worth it IMO.
 
All good advice from the guys above. I would not get an oven without a controller. Set and forget is the best part about it.

I went through all this when I purchased an oven recently (you guys in the states are lucky with your prices! Nearly double what your prices are to have a Paragon landed to me!)

If your going to drop $700-$1000 on an oven, why not spend a little bit more and get a 20"-25" oven. Its going to use a bit more power but in 12 months time you want to treat a 15" blade and you cant, I bet you will be wishing you had of bought bigger then.

My 2 cents!

And I ended up deciding on the KM24D.

Matt
 
Same advice as Matt
I spent lot's of time agonizing over what oven I should get finally get, I got the Even-heat Ramp master ll 22.5 no regrets, I've done a couple big choppers since. Not my usual stuff but why limit your self, and I usually heat treat 3-4 blades at a time or one huge one. It's so nice to have a programmable controller when you start working with the more exotic steels. Definitely go with 220/240 because when you go over 2000> to 2150 it's like an extra 15-25min for that extra 150.
Do not limit your Knife making with your oven, the even heat will do what ever knife making steel you want to use.
Joel
 
Hard decision I get feed back both ways. This much I have decided:
1. 220v
2. Programmable
3. 18 inch min.
I think its going to come down to price. Any one know who has the best prices on Evenheat and paragon?
 
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