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Old 03-17-2004, 09:37 PM
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forge heat treat

can i use the propane forge from koval to heat treat? it says it heats to 2359 deg. thanks i,m real new to this. thanks bill
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Old 03-17-2004, 10:53 PM
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Hey Bill, Well since nobody else has replied Ill take a stab at it. Im definatelly not the one to be given a lot of advise on this but I have had some helpfull conversations with one that is. My forge will be completed shortly, just ordered my mortor and insullation from Darren and thats mainly what im going to be using mine for, for the first little while. Hope this helpls.

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Old 03-17-2004, 11:19 PM
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Critical temperature for most carbon steels is in the 1500s range, I'm not sure if you can weld in it, but heat treating shouldn't be a problem.
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Old 03-18-2004, 08:10 AM
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At 2300 degrees you'll have more than enough heat for heat treating or welding carbon steels. Problem is, you have no digital temperature control so you'll have to learn the techniques for judging the temperature.

Also, you may have noticed that the answers you've received so far all mention carbon steel. You didn't specify what steels you were interested in but you should be advised that you won't be able to properly heat treat stainless steel in a forge .........


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