HAS ANYONE TRIED USING A NESCO OVEN FOR ANNEALING OR TEMPERING. THIS BABY GETS TO 550 DEG. FILL IT FULL OF SAND FOR ANNEALING & OIL FOR TEMPERING. THIS WAS A X'MAS PRESENT FROM MY GIRLFRIEND & WASN'T ATTENDED FOR THIS APPLICATION.

The Nesco is one of those self-contained roasting ovens with a lid, right? If so, I would think that it might make a real nice (maybe expensive?) temperature controlled quench tank.

For annealing, if you're talking about bringing your steel up to temp at the forge, then sealing it in hot sand in the Nesco, that might possibly work well. H-m-m-m. Interesting. I'd be real interested to know how it works for these applications if you do it.

As a side note, what model is that Indian? Man, that's one sweet looking bike! I noticed something protruding from the left side that looked suspiciously like a shifter. Is that a suicide clutch? I know this is not knife related, but we are allowed to stray off the beaten path from time to time.
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Yep, bring the piece up to non-magnet and stick in the sand at 550 deg.
My Indian is a 1947 Chief, foot clutch & hand shifter, Had this baby for 25+ years. That's why everyone around here calls me Indian George.
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If all of today's riders knew how much they owed to Indian, they'd be amazed, wouldn't they?

Looks like your's is really sweet too!

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It sounds like it would be a good tempering oven.

I could look at pretty bikes all day too. Maye we need a bike forum? :)

It works, I put a few pieces of L6 (Old saw blade) in the forge till non magnetic, then put into the nesco oven with the sand that was preheated to to 450deg. Cut it on the bandsaw with no problems. Next try tempering O1.

Hey George,
Haven't heard from you in a while. Thanks for the update. Keep us posted.

Does it warm lunch like my toaster oven? :) Just keep sand out, huh?
How hot does the Nesco get? how long does it take to get hot? I know sand holds heat a long time and is great for annealing.
I wonder if you could tumble (vibrate) the blades inside and use the sand to break up the scale layer. Sand is a soft abrasive and could clean them up at the same time if moved correctly. Just a thought.

This is a 18 qt. oven and it only get up to 450 deg. and it take 1 1/2 hours. Geno, my arm would get really tired shaking that oven full of sand back and forth just to remove the scale.

You ight try switching arms :) or maybe even getting your wife to shake it for you. :)

Ouch - someone just hit me in the back of the head.

I meant shaking it like a tumbler with hot sand inside (not by hand). It's a thought.