I test out case hardening compound on mild steel. Results as expected. It makes a thin crust of hard but the underlying steel remains baby poop soft. 👉 T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/ave 👉 Gadgets https://www.etsy.com/shop/AvEwerkz?ref=ss_profile
Your narration is amazing!
I know this video is older and you probably have already seen it (i know you showed him in an intermission of one of your videos) but Chris from Clickspring has a video about the hardening process used back in greek/roman times. Super easy to mimic in the home shop. I milled me a CNMG tool holder for the lathe out of Hot rolled bar stock and used his process he taught in the video. I cut a quarter inch off the length (3/4 x 3/4 holder) and it was hard all the way through. Believe i let it soak in the carbon pack in heat for about an hour
you have to do multiple applications and keep it red for longer to get a deeper case.
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I think you're missing the point there buddy that's what case hurting is supposed to do is put a hard chasing on your part. It's not supposed to make the whole part hard it's supposed to cause we're resistance to the outer shell of a part it's been done for over a hundred years well over a hundred years to mild steel for this Express purpose you don't have to have it hard all the way through. I don't understand how you don't know this. Cherry red is a great product that does exactly what it's supposed to do. You can increase the thickness of the shell by increasing the temperatures steeping or do multiple passes with more cherry red. But it's going to do exactly what it's supposed to do cause wear resistance on the surface of
Just picked up a can to case harden some shafting, viagra and cialis isn't cutting it.
I'm not sure about the case hardening magic mystery dust, but I do know that case hardening is a real thing. The idea is you use something that creates carbon monoxide and contain the steel at a high temperature in a high carbon monoxide environment. For example grind up a bunch of charcoal and in case your steel in clay with the powdered charcoal. The clay creates a mostly airtight environment when you fire it in your forge or whatever. After you get it to a high enough temperature for a long enough duration you will then have a higher carbon content in your steel. This absolutely does work and I have done it multiple times. I have a knife I made from 1/4 inch mild steel from Home Depot. I used the exact process mentioned to add carbon and the knife holds an edge rather well, and is hard enough to skate a file.
Stop swearing
Get a minute into the video and realize the guy is a knot head and thinks he is really funny. Moved on.
you can harden mild steel you must case harden it
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Good to know. Thank you.
You're right that it can't but it does to an extent, however the utility of which is dubious.
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Getting the part Red hot. check
Coating the part in the red hot compound. check
Re heating until red hot. check
Quenching. Check
This is about trying the product used as advertised, not about trying the already prooven case hardening method and such. I don't know what are people on about.