[TheForge] Re: Bricks- Light vs heavy

[Jerry Frost]

No, what I'm saying is the points of contact between the steel and brick 
will be hot spots or more accurately will heat and cool at a different rate 
than the steel out of contact. However it's in contact. These will cause 
stress points.

Everything in a hot chamber will reach equilibrium and heat/cool together 
minimizing stresses.

Before you take what I do as gospel though, I'd like one of the guys here 
who do a lot of heat treating to jump in.

Am I right, wrong, close or does it matter? I learned this from Father but 
he dealt with a lot of exotics so it may not be as much a factor with high 
carbon or more mundane alloys.

I just do it the way Dad did. <grin>

Frosty
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From: "Lynn Emrich" <theatre_weapons at yahoo.com>



> If I understand you correctly Jerry, it's OK to lay
> the blade (or object to be annealed) on the bottom
> brick but keep it from contacting top brick while it
> cools. Correct?
> Thanks, Lynn
>
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