Steel and Guns

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HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURES FOR TEMPERIN

CARBON STEEL T Celsius Surface colour of polished Steel
Temperature Color Centigrade
Centigrade 400 Grey
1288 Dazzling White 321 Pale blue
1204 White 297 Bright Blue
1079 Light Yellow 287 Dark Blue
996 Lemon 277 Purple
941 Orange 265 Brown & Purple
899 Salmon and Scaling 255 Brown
843 Bright Red and Scaling M 243 Gold Yellow/Straw
746 Cherry Red 220 Pale Yellow
677 Medium Cherry Red 200 Very Pale Yellow
579 Dark Cherry Red
566 Blood Red
482 Faint red (GLOW) T (F) T©
1414 768 Curie
1475 802 Harden
1550 843 Harden
1650 899 Harden
lum est
TEMPERING
ur of polished Steel Hard Aplication
rey
ale blue 53Rc
ight Blue 55Rc Cheap Kitchen knives
ark Blue 56Rc Springs
urple 57Rc Cold Chisels, punches
own & Purple 58Rc
own 59Rc Taps and Scribers
old Yellow/Straw 60Rc
ale Yellow 61Rc
ery Pale Yellow 62Rc Woodturning tools
1075
AISI - 1095 - SAE
Normal Temp 843 899
Anneal Temp 760 816
Hard Temp 782 802
Oil Quench Rc 66
Rockwell Drawing Temp. *
204 316 371 427 482 538 593
Rc 62 Rc 55 Rc 49 Rc 45 Rc 41 Rc 38 Rc 34
AISI - 1074 - SAE
Normal Temp 843 899
Anneal Temp 760 816
Hard Temp 782 802
Oil Quench Rc 64
204 316 371 427 482 538 593
Rc 59 Rc 53 Rc 47 Rc 44 Rc 40 Rc 36 Rc 32
AISI - 1050 - SAE
Normal Temp 843 899
Anneal Temp 760 816
Hard Temp 782 802
Oil Quench Rc 58
204 316 371 427 482 538 593
Rc 52 Rc 45 Rc 39 Rc 35 Rc 31 Rc 27 Rc 22
649
Rc 30
649
Rc 26
649
N/A
ROB GUNTER'S SOAP QUENCH
Water 20 L 10
Salt 2.26 kg 1
Dish Soap 900 gr 450
Shaklee Basic 1 240 gr 120
Caustic Formula
1 Liter gr
NaOH 600
KNO3 300
Degreasing. Remove any obvious grease and oil with a cloth and varasol, engine degreaser, what ever you have handy, even p
Mix up some weak caustic soda solution in the degreasing tank. With wire hangers suspend you parts to be blued in the degre
Bluing. Do not blue anything that has been lead soldered, the bluing will eat the solder. The parts to be blued should be cover
Bring the bluing tank to the boil. If you are lucky the steel will turn blue as the bluing solution boils. It probably will not. If the
If there is no bluing at all then add caustic soda to increase the boiling point of the solution. With adding water or caustic soda
Rinsing. Transfer the blued parts to the rinsing tank, boil for 5 minutes to get the steel good and hot. When the parts are rem
* Soluble oil is used in machine shops as a coolant when mixed with water, use the un mixed oil.
You will probably only have one heat source to boil your different pots on, not a problem.
The finish. Polished parts look better than "as machined" parts. Sand blasted with a fine grit gives a nice mat finish. Glass bead
Nitric Acid-Ferric chloride
1 part Ferric chloride

8 parts denatured alcohol
8 parts distilled water
you have handy, even paint thinner.
to be blued in the degreasing tank, small parts can be put in a wire basket. Boil this up for about 5 minutes. Then transfer to the bluing ta
e blued should be covered but closer to the top of the tank. Towards the bottom are precipitates that have a hard greenish glassy appeara
probably will not. If the parts start to turn blue before the solution boils, the solution is boiling at too high a temperature. Add (soft) wate
ng water or caustic soda, a little goes a long way, use in moderation. The bluing needs to take place while the solution is boiling. Boil for
When the parts are removed they will dry almost immediately. Let the parts cool and apply a light coat of, (1 st) water displacing oil, (2nd) so
ce mat finish. Glass beading give the finish I like the best, it is neither mat or black chrome looking, more like a satin finish. Very nice.
transfer to the bluing tank. Do not touch any of the parts with your bare hands or you will get finger prints in the bluing. A clean pair of c
greenish glassy appearance and are the devil to get off without marring the blued surface. You have to bash at them with hardwood or p
erature. Add (soft) water to dilute the solution and lower the boiling point. DO NOT add water to boiling bluing salts you will get a STEAM
ution is boiling. Boil for about 10 minutes. The solution should be boiling at about 300 degrees F.
ater displacing oil, (2 nd) soluble oil or (3rd) WD40.
n finish. Very nice.

bluing. A clean pair of cotton gloves work just great here.
em with hardwood or plastic to break them up. Sometimes a thumb nail will pry them off. Extended rinse boiling does not seem to help.
alts you will get a STEAM EXPLOSION. Only add water to cold salts, better to add a little to much water, you can always raise the boiling p
g does not seem to help.
lways raise the boiling point by adding caustic soda
Lead Density 11.352 g/cm3 1 lb
453.592 gr
D(mm) D(mm)
1 42.42 42.43
2 33.67 33.68
4 26.72 26.73
6 23.34 23.35
8 21.21 21.22
10 19.69 19.70
12 18.53 18.53
14 17.60 17.61
16 16.83 16.84
18 16.18 16.19 0.54
20 15.63 15.63 0.535
22 15.14 15.14 0.53
24 14.70 14.71
26 14.32 14.32
28 13.97 13.97
30 13.65 13.66
32 13.36 13.37
13.716
13.589
13.462
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HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURES FOR TEMPERIN

Nitric Acid-Ferric chloride

1 part Ferric chloride

n finish. Very nice.

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