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Im interested in building a heat treatment oven for Aluminum. Can
anybody give me some insight?

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What do you want to do? Solution and age? Anneal? What grade(s) of
aluminum. What sized parts?


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Mark wrote:
What do you want to do? Solution and age? Anneal? What grade(s) of


aluminum. What sized parts?


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Im interested in building a heat treatment oven for Aluminum. Can
anybody give me some insight?


thank you for responding. I would like to straiten Al "shafts" used in
underwater spear fishing. The impact with the fish often causes the
shaft to bend. I beleive the avenue I wish to follow is annealing. As
far as grades I can not say because they vary. I have always wanted to
build one of these; Maybe designed to accomodate other types of metals
as well. Any suggestions or concerns? thank you. -Davey

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On 3 Apr 2005 10:43:19 -0700, "Davey O"
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=== What do you want to do? Solution and age? Anneal? What grade(s) of
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=== aluminum. What sized parts?
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=== "Davey O" wrote in message
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=== Im interested in building a heat treatment oven for Aluminum. Can
=== anybody give me some insight?
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===thank you for responding. I would like to straiten Al "shafts" used in
===underwater spear fishing. The impact with the fish often causes the
===shaft to bend. I beleive the avenue I wish to follow is annealing. As
===far as grades I can not say because they vary. I have always wanted to
===build one of these; Maybe designed to accomodate other types of metals
===as well. Any suggestions or concerns? thank you. -Davey


Aluminum shafts for spear guns....never seen em. All I have ever seen
were some el cheapo galvanized steel and the better ones were always
stainless......I seriously doubt the impact of a spear hitting the
fish is the problem if your bending spear shafts. Your tip is what is
doing it. Are you using a fixed in place on the shaft tip or a slip
tip. When you use a fix tip, and do not make a clean kill and work
your way to the fish and grab the shaft, thats when it gets bent. A
slip tip will penetrate through, and still be connected with a steel
cable to the shaft forming a flexible portion, so bending of the shaft
is not possible. I have speared some Greater Amerjacks in the 60 to 80
pound class with slip tips and a 5/16" shaft and never bent one as
long as I used a slip tip. Before that I used to bend up a heap of
shafts on every dive, when I used fixed tips.

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Thank you for your reply; your information is quite helpful. I am not a
spear fisherman. The man who asked me to straiten his and other mens
shafts is however. Im a welder. lol All I im actually interested in at
this point is the correct information to straiten them out, For
whatever reason they have been bent, they are bent and i would like to
build an oven. I certainly am going to pass that info on to them. Do
you have any advise for this fun project ahead of me? I would also like
to use the oven for Ferrous materials as well. How feesable is that?



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Davey O wrote:
Mark wrote:

What do you want to do? Solution and age? Anneal? What grade(s) of



aluminum. What sized parts?


"Davey O" wrote in message
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Im interested in building a heat treatment oven for Aluminum. Can
anybody give me some insight?



thank you for responding. I would like to straiten Al "shafts" used in
underwater spear fishing. The impact with the fish often causes the
shaft to bend. I beleive the avenue I wish to follow is annealing. As
far as grades I can not say because they vary. I have always wanted to
build one of these; Maybe designed to accomodate other types of metals
as well. Any suggestions or concerns? thank you. -Davey

Would the equipment they use to re straighten arrows work ? Pretty
common for archery , if so you might ask at a specialty store locally or
search on line . Luck
Ken Cutt
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Thanks Ken! That seems a great idea to follow up on. I will do that.

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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:50:28 -0700, Ken Cutt
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thank you for responding. I would like to straiten Al "shafts" used in
underwater spear fishing. The impact with the fish often causes the
shaft to bend. I beleive the avenue I wish to follow is annealing. As
far as grades I can not say because they vary. I have always wanted to
build one of these; Maybe designed to accomodate other types of metals
as well. Any suggestions or concerns? thank you. -Davey

Would the equipment they use to re straighten arrows work ? Pretty
common for archery , if so you might ask at a specialty store locally or
search on line . Luck
Ken Cutt


An arrow straightener is nothing more than two v blocks, a lever in
the center to apply force, and a dial indicator.

You can make a decent one in a couple hours start to finish.

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I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner
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in rec.crafts.metalworking :
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:50:28 -0700, Ken Cutt
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thank you for responding. I would like to straiten Al "shafts" used in
underwater spear fishing. The impact with the fish often causes the
shaft to bend. I beleive the avenue I wish to follow is annealing. As
far as grades I can not say because they vary. I have always wanted to
build one of these; Maybe designed to accomodate other types of metals
as well. Any suggestions or concerns? thank you. -Davey

Would the equipment they use to re straighten arrows work ? Pretty
common for archery , if so you might ask at a specialty store locally or
search on line . Luck
Ken Cutt


An arrow straightener is nothing more than two v blocks, a lever in
the center to apply force, and a dial indicator.

You can make a decent one in a couple hours start to finish.


A Drill Collar straightener is the same thing, only on a larger scale.

(Drill collars - 31 feet of SS, 4 to 8 inches in diameter, used by
drilling outfits for something. I just made 'em.)


tschus
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Have you googled old posts first? Been discussed before.
http://tinyurl.com/67pnz

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thanks Lane. I have not googled ol posts but I will. Im new this but I
hope I can navigate though and find it. Thank you so much. God Bless
You and yours.

Davey O

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