[TheForge] Triangles

Tue May 4 18:53:00 2004

Bob, I think you have a very good point (in the absence of data at this 
end also). Hardening the steel affects yield point, not elastic bending.

This should be pretty simple to try. I'd do it myself, but I'm still 
trying to get my chimney up on the new shop--still no forge here. If 
someone trys it, the listening test should be blind: a helper does the 
ringing of the triangles, and the listener doesn't know whether it is a 
hardened triangle or a soft one. Several (random) trials of each. Who's 
going to volunteer?

Steve Smith

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> Is it really the hardness or carbon content of the steel that changes
> the tone or is it the shape?
> 
> I think the shape. Small differences between one triangle and another
> may change the tone but I think the tone is not affected by the carbon
> content or the quenching. Super or otherwise.
> 
> This opinion is just an opinion. I have no actual data to confirm or deny.
> If you do have actual data (not anecdotal) I would like to see it.
> 
> Bob
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>> At 15:57 05/03/04, you wrote:
>>
>>> Made a few triangles - I found that mild steel works
>>> fine, but you get a much better ring if you quench the
>>> corners in superquench. Really improves the tone and
>>> intensity.
>>>
>>> FWFaller
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