[TheForge] Trenton ID

[Andy Vida]

Steve Smith wrote:
> 
> Too much preheat can cause problems. You can take the hardness out of
> parts of the face you aren't working on if you heat too high.
> 
> I use 300F for preheat; 500 sounds pretty high. As you weld, the temp
> will probably go up from your preheat. If you get too high, you will
> lose your temper. :)

	That's what I thought, but last month they were taking them
	to about 500 and the faces seemed to have held their hardness.
	I was surprised because prior times we held to 300-350.