[TheForge] Quenching mild steel

[shannell Sugrue]

Well I have to disagree there, any mild steel becomes very hard to drill if
quenched from orange and very hard to bend also, even in my flypress. My
main question here was what is the cut off point that these properties
remain unnoticably changed in degrees C or F.



> Shannel:  You should be able to cool mild steel with a water dip without
> changing the working characteristics to any noticeable degree.  I always
let
> mild steels air cool unless I need to hand-hold on a previously heated and
> worked section.  I see no need to quench/cool such material otherwise.
Any
> radical cooling induces stresses
>