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| gerritv:
I recently obtained some nitric acid so that I can see the depth of the case. Will add my experiments in a month. I will be trying Kasenite and sugar to be specific. Gerrit |
| Fergus OMore:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 14, 2017, 09:10:16 AM --- Norman, you are a fount of temperance nuggets! :beer: --- End quote --- I nearly signed off with 'Call me Ishmael' or even Cato! Again ignoring the literary bent , I'm surprised at the seeming lack of knowledge about sugar. Sugar was an out and out luxury and would hardly be used for casehardening. Honey, yes, possibly but I doubt it. I t does make great booze, however :beer: |
| S. Heslop:
Arf. I missed this thread. Or maybe I forgot about reading it. Just posted it in another thread but i've got some potassium ferrocyanide on the way so i'll tell you how it goes. I like the suggestion of borax to help it stick, but judging from the melting temperature it might stick fine on its own. |
| S. Heslop:
I'm pretty psyched, it works! Regular potassium ferrocyanide didn't seem to do a whole lot but I suspect I might not have gotten it hot enough. But mixing it about half and half with charcoal hardened a small bit of mild steel enough to damage one side of my triangular file. I'd like to test the case depth but I can't figure out how i'd cut the hardened steel without heating it. |
| awemawson:
Gently (so not to over heat) grind the end to give flat perpendicular to the axis, then acid etch to see the depth of case |
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