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Heat treating oven question!

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D. Tiller:
I was thinking of taking an old toaster oven and insulating it with refractory material on the outside. Would this work or would I just melt down the whole oven? ???

Pat B:
David, I wouldn't use inside the house! :o  A toaster over isn't set up for high temps much less for long periods of time. This is just a guess on my part.     Pat

cowboy:
Dunno, give it a shot outside somewhere away from your staves and arrow shafting materials or anything else combustible :). If you burn up the oven - no big loss, never know though it just might work :-\?

ricktrojanowski:
In a different posting.  Eddie (Mullet) wrote about using a toaster oven with a broiler to heat treat.  He said it holds 500 degrees with no mods.  I havn't tried it myself but probably will soon.  OUTSIDE of course. ;D

Hillbilly:
Yeah, Eddie heats rock in a toaster all the time, as does Brian Melton, too I believe. I don't think I'd wrap anything around it though, sounds like a recipe for disaster. I think Eddie puts his out in the middle of his concrete driveway or patio or something.

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