Heat Treating Carbon Steel Update

[crashdive123]

[ctdcb18b]

thats cool but what if you dont have all the heat treat equipment is it possable to heat treat with wood

[Echo2]

Thanks for the tutorial....I just bought a kiln about that size from an estate sale....the controller needs to be repaired though.

The anti-scaling compound....I did see that right...Brownells?....What's the chemical make up?

[crashdive123]

thats cool but what if you dont have all the heat treat equipment is it possable to heat treat with wood

You can heat treat without an oven. A wood fire will not give you the temperatures that you need though. A forge will, and you can achieve good results......but IMO the heat treatment is the most important part of making a knife. I like the oven because I can precisely control the temperatures and achieve repeatable results.

[crashdive123]

Thanks for the tutorial....I just bought a kiln about that size from an estate sale....the controller needs to be repaired though.

The anti-scaling compound....I did see that right...Brownells?....What's the chemical make up?

This is what I used in the vid. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1...ALING-COMPOUND It's good for temps below 1650. For temps above 1650 I use http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2...-SCALE-COATING or stainless steel foil. The higher temps I use for the air quenched steels.

[Sparky93]

Loved the video Crash!

[coaldust]

When I forge weld in my propane or coal fired forge I use 20 Muleteam Borax. I forms the same anti scaling coating (like glass) as the Brownells compound but is a lot cheaper,
just thought I would offer and alternative.