[TheForge] Heat Treating Hitch Pins

Thu Sep 18 09:08:01 2003

Ed,

You can buy a new pin at any farm store for a buck or two. My guess would be 1045. I would heat treat as you described. If it didn't seem to get hard enuf quench in water.

Bob
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>The neighbor sold me a grain wagon and lent me a hitch pin, which I noticed
>was bent when I got home.  It's a standard looking one.  I know someone here
>has played with these things.  I'm wondering if after I heat it to
>straighten it if and how it should be heat treated.  Oil quench and then
>temper?
>
>Come to think of it, I wouldn't know how to run tempering colors on the
>whole thing.  I'm used to chisles and stuff.  Can I just pass a torch all
>around it until I see the color I need?
>
>Ed
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