[SEL] Heat Treating Metal

[Arthur Buchanan]

1018 cold rolled, heat to chery red then dip in h20.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judge Tommy Turner" <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
To: "Stationary Engine List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:04 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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