Thread: Heat treating 4130 steel at home
View Single Post
  #19   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
Terry Coombs[_2_] Terry Coombs[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
  
Posts: 3,115
Default Heat treating 4130 steel at home
wrote:
What would be the heat treating process if i bend the 4130 25.4mm OD
3mm Thickness pipe at an angle of 45Deg, just for relieving stresses?

How about heating until non-magnetic (red heat) then burying in ashes ,
sand , or whatever to cool very slowly ?

--
Snag


Reply With QuoteReply With Quote