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Heat Treating #7422878 02/02/19 09:22 PM
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Okay knife makers, what about heat treating and tempering? Do you do your own? Do you send them out? What do you use to do your heat treating with and how do you check the hardness once done?
I use a 240 Volt Evenheat KF 18 with a rampmaster controller for my heat treating.
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I have another oven that will only go up to 600° that I use for tempering.
I check all of of my blades both after heat treat and after tempering with a Rockwell hardness tester. I have a lab certified standard that I verify it's accuracy with a couple of times a week.
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Re: Heat Treating [Re: MikeC] #7422884 02/02/19 09:27 PM
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I do my own. I also rockwell test each knife on my tester. I know a rockwell tester isnt the definitive answer on heat treat and will also run some coupons through and break them and make sure i dont have enlarged grain, and usually have a knife in each batch i will sharpen and abuse.


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Re: Heat Treating [Re: MikeC] #7422934 02/02/19 10:28 PM
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Heat treated in house. [Linked Image]

Proper heat treat is just as important as how the handle scales are (hopefully) mechanically attached to the heat treated tang.


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Re: Heat Treating [Re: MikeC] #7422942 02/02/19 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeC
Okay knife makers, what about heat treating and tempering? Do you do your own? Do you send them out? What do you use to do your heat treating with and how do you check the hardness once done?
I use a 240 Volt Evenheat KF 18 with a rampmaster controller for my heat treating.
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
I have another oven that will only go up to 600° that I use for tempering.
I check all of of my blades both after heat treat and after tempering with a Rockwell hardness tester. I have a lab certified standard that I verify it's accuracy with a couple of times a week.
[Linked Image]
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That's one clean oven!

Re: Heat Treating [Re: Bush Monkey Knives] #7423014 02/02/19 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Bush Monkey Knives
Originally Posted by MikeC
Okay knife makers, what about heat treating and tempering? Do you do your own? Do you send them out? What do you use to do your heat treating with and how do you check the hardness once done?
I use a 240 Volt Evenheat KF 18 with a rampmaster controller for my heat treating.
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
I have another oven that will only go up to 600° that I use for tempering.
I check all of of my blades both after heat treat and after tempering with a Rockwell hardness tester. I have a lab certified standard that I verify it's accuracy with a couple of times a week.
[Linked Image]
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That's one clean oven!

Took that pic when it was new. It isn't nearly that clean anymore. cheers


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Re: Heat Treating [Re: MikeC] #7423128 02/03/19 02:21 AM
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Nice set up. Forrest

Re: Heat Treating [Re: MikeC] #7427275 02/07/19 07:28 PM
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Evenheat for me as well. I've also got a small kiln that I added digital control to that I use for folders. I have a tester as well, but haven't used it as much since I got my processes dialed in. I've got a gas forge also, and will occasionally use that for HT by eye, but not very often.


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