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09-04-2007, 03:19 PM
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what happened????
i was forging a pry bar from a broken crowbar and was done and just took the bar outa the quench when i noticed it wasnt totally straight so back into the forge it went and came out with a nice big crack down the side.......what happened
__________________ Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once. --Shakespeare: Julius Caesar 
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09-04-2007, 04:37 PM
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Are you sure it didn't crack in the quench, and you just didn't notice immediately?
Another possibility that occurs to me is that there might have been a microscopic crack (or more than one) in the steel when you started. Rapid expansion and contraction could have made it more visible. You did say you started with a broken crowbar. Just a couple ideas.
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09-04-2007, 07:11 PM
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i dont think the the steel was bad the bar broke at the weld so the bar i was using was good. it might have cracked in the quench but i just saw it after i took it out of the forge.....and i was really happy with the way it turned out too
__________________ Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once. --Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
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