[TheForge] Atlantic 33 question

[Larry Brown]

The good thing about Atlantic 33 or flutagon is forge it, heat it and 
quench it. I forge it at orange and the higher the temp when you quench it 
is the higher the hardness. I like it for job sites, I've forged it on a 
rock and quenched it in a muddy puddle and had it working in minutes
Larry Brown


At 07:24 AM 1/24/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 1/24/2008 1:43:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>dave at magichammer.net writes:
>
>How does one work this material?
>
>The presumed advantage of Atlantic 33 (Flutagon) steel is that no tempering
>is required. You simply harden it in water. Dan Boone just lets it air 
>harden
>and it works quite well.
>
>The Atlantic Steel Corp directions say:
>
>To Forge:  Heat slowly and uniformly to a temp of about 1825 - 1975F  (lemon
>to yellow) and forge.
>
>To Harden:  Reheat the cutting edge about 1" back between 1650 - 1950
>(Salmon to lemon color) depending on hardness required. Quench in clean 
>cold  water.
>
>Don Plummer
>