[SEL] Heat Treating Metal

[R & M Ingold]

I wou;ld just case harden it. A local engineering shop should have some 
Kasenit or similar. Just heat red hot, roll in the powder. reheat and 
quench. It ups the carbon in the outer layer of the steel.
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judge Tommy Turner" <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
To: "Stationary Engine List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 2:04 PM
Subject: [SEL] Heat Treating Metal


> Some of you saw the Miami engine I had at Portland.  The governor is 
> actuated by means of an angled catch that strikes the gas valve.  Since I 
> had to make this, it was constructed out of cold rolled steel.  However, 
> it takes a beating and is showing wear after probably 40 hours of running. 
> I need to make this out of some type material that I can heat treat to 
> make it really hard.  Do any of you know of a type of material that I can 
> redily machine but then heat treat (on my own) to make it super tough?  I 
> used to have some type material here that was about 1/8 by one inch.  You 
> could bore it, mill it, etc. and then heat it cherry red, quench it in oil 
> and you couldn't touch it with a file.  I don't know what the composition 
> was however.  Anyone have any tips for me as to what I could use?
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
>
>
>
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