Quenching Oil - Need Help

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tejas7

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I have tried to get ahold of some of the quenching oil mentioned by Ed Fowler in his book. I believe it is Texaco Type A (can not remember exactly). I have called around to suppiers in my area for the exact type he mentions but they only order it in 55 gallon drums. I really do not want to pay for a whole drum and really, really do not want to have a whole drum laying around.

What is the best alternative? I generally just use new motor oil with a little transmission fluid mixed in. Not very scientific. My blades get hard and rarely crack (notice I did not say never crack). I want to know if there is something else out there that is the equivalent of "the right stuff".
 
If your present quench oil works, then I suggest you don't change it
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I buy 10W hydraulic oil in five gallon buckets for less than $12.00. Some people swear by the expensive manufactured heat treating oil, other people seem to think it is unneccessary hype and expense for us blades smith types. I tend to agree.
 
I use a Conoco product that I feel is just
as good as Texaco type A and it is called
pale parifin. I comes in five gallon pales
and is quite reasonable.

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have you called texeco directly? I did and was able to buy a 5 gal bucket of quenching oil. Dont try the small gas stations try the district distributers. Look under petroleum in the yellow pages. It only cost about $30 and will probably last forever.
 
I have used just plain olive oil. It works fine. David Boye recommends this in his book.

RJ Martin
 
I've used a 50-50 mix of 30 wt motor oil and Diesel for many years without any problems at all.


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