New Improved Stainless Quenchant Chiller

[P.Brewster]

Here is the new quenchant chiller I made to address the two problems that my last one had:

1) use of copper (Kevin Cashen pointed out that some of the Houghton products cannot be used with copper)

2) condensation dripped into the quenchant.


The new chiller is all stainless with a condensation trap.

The 5-gal bucket on the left is filled with ice water; the chiller assembly is dropped into the quench tank (there is a clip, like a belt clip, to hold the chiller at the desired depth).

 

[JTknives]

thats sweet. you know how much i love stainless tools

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

You know what would also be handy is if you could use it to heat the oil too. I think the sweet spot is usually between about 120 and 170.