[TheForge] chinese ASOs

[Jerry Frost]

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From: "Gladish Family" <gladish@cnw.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:24 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] chinese ASOs


> If it has to go over critical to be brazed, why couldn't it be hardened
> (Quenched) on the way down?
> What would that do to the brazing? Brass softens in a quench, so it
wouldn't
> get brittle or anything...
> Andy
>

Exactly.

I forgot to mention the other potential problem I can see in my last post.

Besides the chance a chinese casting will come apart in the quench, if the
steel face and cast iron body shrink at much different rates it could break
the braze.

I don't think it will but it's possible.

Frosty
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