Fw: Re: [SEL] Heat Treating Metal

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Thanks Nick.  I remember my dad used to have some type of material that 
he could apply with a torch, sort of like brazing.  I remember my dad 
calling it "hardsurfacing"  I've seen him use this on plow shares, on 
backhoe and dozer teeth, etc.   Now talk about some hard, it was tough 
to cut it with a grinder.  However, I've thought about it in my 
application and I think it would be difficult to apply, and reshape the 
piece to make it useful.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



nick wrote:

>Hope you get it this time Tommy 
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>From: nick
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>Date: 09/08/05 19:40:40
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>To: The SEL email discussion list
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>Subject: Re: [SEL] Heat Treating Metal
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>Hi Tommy
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>if you have Hardox over their that will be a good type of steel to use
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>as it is very hard wearing i always use it when repairing digger buckets
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>you may be able to get some from your local caterpillar dealer as they will
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>likely use on their machines they do over hear
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>Nick Holden
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>Banbury
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>Oxfordshire (UK)
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>  nick at holden1.net
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>http://community.webshots.com/user/nickholden
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>From: Judge Tommy Turner
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>Date: 09/07/05 05:09:26
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>To: Stationary Engine List
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>Subject: [SEL] Heat Treating Metal
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>Some of you saw the Miami engine I had at Portland.  The governor is
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>actuated by means of an angled catch that strikes the gas valve.  Since
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>I had to make this, it was constructed out of cold rolled steel.
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>However, it takes a beating and is showing wear after probably 40 hours
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>of running.  I need to make this out of some type material that I can
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>heat treat to make it really hard.  Do any of you know of a type of
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>material that I can redily machine but then heat treat (on my own) to
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>make it super tough?  I used to have some type material here that was
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>about 1/8 by one inch.  You could bore it, mill it, etc. and then heat
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>it cherry red, quench it in oil and you couldn't touch it with a file.
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>I don't know what the composition was however.  Anyone have any tips for
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>me as to what I could use?
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>Tommy Turner
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>Magnolia, KY
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