Quench Plate Dimensions
I have searched through past posts on the subject and found numerous references to the thickness of quench plates but not a lot on the other dimensions. Certainly the plates need to be as long as whatever knife you are quenching. But how wide do they need to be? I have a place locally that has 3/4" and 1" aluminum bars 6" and 12" wide, but will only sell them by the foot. I figure I will need 3' and cut it half to get my length. I don't want to go to the added expense of buying the 12" wide aluminum if it is unnecessary. What do you guys think? Will two 18? x 6? x 1? aluminum plates work for 154cm or S30V assuming the knife is not overly large.
Thanks
Justin
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