[TheForge] Heat Treating 5160 was Welding 5160

[Dave Brown]

At 16:50 08/26/03 -0700, you wrote:
>When quenching for hardness, the critical thing is the length of time it
>takes to cool the piece, not the quench medium. A very thin piece of W1
>could be air quenched with good results.
>Darrell

Then it would stand to reason that if you weren't getting the desired 
results for which the W-1 is known for when quenching in oil, then why 
quench in oil instead of water?

Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI
ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG