[TheForge] Needful things...

[dann at wctatel.net]

My favorite quenching oil is "used" french fry cooking grease in a metal 5
gallon can ( with lid if needed).

Actually the cooking oil smells so good!. Exactly the opposite of motor
oil or.. well I especially hate the smell of used or burning transmission
oil.

Dann

> On 12/18/06, Steve Smith <sos at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Mike Linn wrote:
>>
>> >> And, finally, I'll need to harden the face once I've shaped it. What
>> >> method do you suggest?
>> >
>> >
>> > Het to non magnetic and swish the face around in transmission fluid or
>> > motor oil. I use Transmission fluid because it has a higher ignition
>> > point and doesn't smoke as bad as motor oil.
>>
>> It seems to me that this will cause your quench oil--whatever it is--to
>> catch fire. If the entire piece is immersed, it is unlikely to catch
>> fire. That said, I haven't used trans. fluid, so maybe that works
>> differently.
>>
>> Whatever the case, with oil quenches it is a wonderful idea to put the
>> quench liquid in a metal container, and have a metal lid handy to put
>> the fire out.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Thanks, Steve, but as a cook, minimizing burning oil problems is a given
> ;-)
>
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