neil gagnon Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 A week or so ago i posted pics of a sword i made out of c1045 and quenched it in the gunters super quench. I had a cutting from the same piece of steel, i ground it down to the same thickness as the blade when i had quenched it. I then nomalized the blade, clayed it like the katana and quenched it. the only difference was the amount of clay i used. It was a little thinner on the cutting, than the katana blade. The place where i work has a rockwell tester and they tested it for me, the numbers are rc60 on the edge and the clay part on the spine was rc54. On the katana i did i suspect the number on the clay coating was lower because the clay was thicker. I forgot to mention after the quench i tempered the blades for half an hour at 350 f . "One who is samurai must before all things" Keep constantly in mind, by day and by night. the fact that he has to die... -Dai Doji Yuzon- 16th Century http://sites.google.com/site/canadianliveblade/home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 WOW, that is awesome. Let not the swords of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Longmile Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 What is gunters super quench? How much carbon there is in 1045? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb0fhp Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 (edited) How much carbon there is in 1045? You can tell from the name - for AISI steels, they are in 4 digits - like 1045, or 4160. The first two digits indicate the alloying elements - the last 2 digits indicate carbon content. So, for a 1045 steel, there is 0.45 carbon, and for a 4160 steel, there is 0.60% carbon. For a description of the quench, I suggest you review the attached PDF file. It is essentiall a very fast quench, with a series of surfactancts and salt. superquench.pdf Edited January 9, 2007 by kb0fhp D. Scott MacKenzie, PhD Heat Treating (Aluminum and Steel) Quenching (Water, Polymer, Oil, Salt and Mar-Tempering) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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