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Do I need to be annealing before hardening?

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Fox:

--- Quote from: TRiggs on February 17, 2022, 03:40:23 pm ---You can find all the info you need for quench and temper at Alpha Knife Supply just look up the steel your using and it's all there.

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Thats where I ordered from TRiggs from Your advice earlier, they are a super nice company... There isn't heat treat info on the 1084 yet though..

Digital Caveman:
Do you know if it is hot or cold rolled?  I'm learning there can be a substantial difference.

On second thought, it may not matter since you are repeatedly heating it so high.

WavingHandsForge:
You won't see much of a difference with cryo on simple carbons like 1084, 1075, and 1095. Best bet for a harder blade would be to use quench oils like parks 50 or AAA from Jantz. Thermocycling or normalizing should be in increments of hotter to colder than non-megnetic for quench. Theres an app for a cell phone simply called "heat treat". You can plug in the steel type then base temperature off of color with a color chart on Google and it'll get you pretty close. Hopefully this helps!

Jarrod

Fox:
Thanks! that is helpful

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