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Old 09-14-2017, 09:30 AM
dtec1 dtec1 is offline
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I would agree with everyone that say just get a new bar. But if you really want to anneal it....I don't work with carbon steel much but when I first started I did and what I have done to anneal it is to heat a few pieces of steel (the thicker and heavyier the better....go to home depot and get perlite (link below) heat up the thick pieces of steel and throw them in a bucket with the perlite this big pieces bring more heat to the bucket and it will cool slower then heat your piece of steel and burry it in the pearlite then I just put a piece of sheet metal over the bucket to keep air from getting to the stuff inside and just walk away and come back tomorrow....this probilly isn't the best method but I found pearlite easily at home depot verimiculite I would of had to order....it has worked for me in the past but I have never used that specific steel either.....I would get my money back and get better steel tho ......just my opinion
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