[SEL] Heat Treating Metal

[R & M Ingold]

This came in as I sent off my reply!!
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Skinner" <rskinner at rustyiron.com>
To: "'The SEL email discussion list'" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:11 PM
Subject: RE: [SEL] Heat Treating Metal


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>> 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.
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> Hi Tommy,
> Kasenit might solve your problem.  It's a powdery substance in which coat 
> the
> heated part, heat it again, and quench.
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> Kasenit is available from McMaster-Carr.  Here's a web page that tells a 
> little
> about the process:
> http://members.aol.com/illinewek/faqs/case.htm
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> Rob
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