Metallurgy and other enigmas

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1. Calculating CCT/TTT diagrams

   By kb0fhp, October 4, 2007
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   • Jerrod Miller
   • April 5, 2019

2. tripple quenching vs tripple normalising

   By owen bush, December 3, 2008
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   • Richard A. (Woody) Hanson
   • January 29, 2019

3. Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths & Others who Heat Treat and Forge Steel

   By Charles dP, July 29, 2017   

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   • Charles dP
   • July 29, 2017

4. junkyard steel facts

   By Matt Bower, September 24, 2009
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   • James Spurgeon
   • December 31, 2015

5. Official ASTM Railroad Spike Composition and Headstamps

   By James Spurgeon, December 30, 2015
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   • Austin_Lyles
   • December 30, 2015

6. Structure Of Martensite 1 2

   By Harper John, June 10, 2009
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   • John Page
   • January 19, 2015

7. Heat Treating Salt Recipies 1 2

   By j. walters, October 26, 2006
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   • Gyuri
   • January 5, 2015

8. Pre-Quench Soak at Critical or No?

   By Dave Stephens, July 29, 2012
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   • Jan Ysselstein
   • June 24, 2014

9. Inducing positive curvature (upward sori) in a shinogi-zukuri katana using OIL 1 2 3

   By Jesus Hernandez, March 10, 2012
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   • dustin reagan
   • December 5, 2012

10. cracks from water quench?

    By Luke Shearer, July 18, 2011
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    • jake cleland
    • July 22, 2011

11. Vanadium

    By Jeremy Vaught, September 18, 2008
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    • Bertie le Roux
    • June 21, 2011

12. Great dissertation on heat treating basics

    By Karl B. Andersen, March 8, 2008
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    • Bennett
    • November 29, 2008

13. Clouds in my 1095

    By Joshua States, March 12   

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    • Bill Schmalhofer
    • March 19

14. Spark “Guru’s” Advice Needed?

    By Gary LT, March 13   

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    • mystery steel
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    • Zeb Camper
    • March 13

15. Advice on O1 steel

    By Aaron Gouge, February 24
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    • Aaron Gouge
    • March 12

16. Letting the blade cool too much after the quench

    By Paul Checa, February 24
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    • Doug Lester
    • March 12

17. Need some help with an XRF reading

    By Brian Dougherty, March 3
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    • John N
    • March 11

18. Fillet knife steel

    By Rob Toneguzzo, March 1
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    • Rob Toneguzzo
    • March 2

19. When to quench made easy

    By Joshua States, October 25, 2019
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    • Doug Webster
    • February 19

20. Question for woodworking tools

    By Will Urban, February 12
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    • steven smith
    • February 17

21. Needing Help deciding on metals

    By avogts, February 12
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    • jake cleland
    • February 12

22. Interrupted quench question.

    By Sal', February 3
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • February 4

23. Query?

    By Gary Mulkey, January 13
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    • Gary Mulkey
    • January 16

24. Re heat treating Japanese laminated chisels

    By Del Stubbs, January 10
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    • Alan Longmire
    • January 10

25. Metallurgical coke!!! 1 2

    By Jeremy Blohm, November 23, 2019
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    • Chris Christenberry
    • January 5