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Old 12-25-2016, 06:12 PM
Doug Lester Doug Lester is offline
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I recommend that you go by the decalesence, judging it in the dark, than going by a 1500? pen. At that temperature you are just a little under where you need to be and you're not getting complete austenization. I think that I would even check with the 1600? pen and try to catch it at the point at which it just melts then quench. It would take some testing, i.e. broken blades, but 1080 or 80CrV2, whichever you're really using, are euticoid steels which are very forgiving and only need to be heat through. If the 1080 you are using actually has some vanadium in it it will help retard grain growth.


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