On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:14:09 -0500, Bob Engelhardt
wrote:

Jim Wilkins wrote:
...
Heating it red and quenching when the red disappears may improve how
well it turns. ...

Does that mean "Heating it red, letting it air cool until the red
disappears, and then quenching"?

And, what does this do to the steel?

Always on the lookout to learn something new,
Bob

Its called Annealing



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