At 12:08 AM 5/25/04 -0500, you wrote:
Warpage indeed... I'll end up with pretzels for main-rods for sure!
Trot, the twisted, fox...
I simply don't see the problem . . . . . you have a big ball pein
hammer . . . you have a flat rock . . . .?
Regards,
Harry
Harry
you don't see any problems with that big ball pein hammer?
You ever heard about the old Smith who siad to his stiker
when I nod my head - you hit it ? Oh boy, thin wire big hammer, there
are good chances of hitting the nail right on the thumb.
-
Bert Edmunda
it is STILL raining!)
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Subject: Re[2]: wire for threading 0-80 (Now annealing tempering)
Harry
you don't see any problems with that big ball pein hammer?
You ever heard about
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And for anyone needing to anneal small steel parts . . . .
consider
silica sand.
To heat a small, thin, or delicate part which needs to be evenly
heated, and/or heated to exactly a certain color (temp), lay it in a
At 05:44 PM 5/24/04 -0400, you wrote:
To blue small screws, . . . a can filled with old drain oil from the car.
That's the way I do it. I tip 'em into the oil, red hot. It kind of
stinks for a bit but the blue is a beautiful blue-black.
Regards,
Harry
At 05:53 PM 5/24/04 -0500, you wrote:
Would this work for making side-rods with that loverly patina seen on the
full size beasts? They are a medium brown polished look from years of
being annealed annually for stress relief.
It could. The hot-dip-in-oil process leaves a coating of dead
...well I will try this for the third time... as a reply not a new
message...hope it works this time... by the time I get this to work the
subject will be forgoten...
Hi All,
A while back I made a sightglass for one of my steamers based on a past
article from SITG and had to cut some 0-80
Oh, there you go Harry. Just bash my hopes on the rocks of despair!
Warpage indeed... I'll end up with pretzels for main-rods for sure!
Guess I'll just have to try it to find out.
Trot, the twisted, fox...
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