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Originally Posted by hnoor0066
I would really like to hear your detailed advice on heat treating 52100 from start to finnish. if you have alredy done that in another thread etc. could you direct me to it?????
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What parts would you specifically like to know about? 52100 is a fairly temperamental steel, I have seen more bizarre things said about heat treating it than just about any other, and that is mostly because of a widespread lack of understanding about its characteristics. Many folks fail to meet its specific needs from the get go and end up with complex rituals trying to get it back on the right path.
The first thing you must remember is that it was designed specifically for bearings, so the process recommended by industry needs to be adjusted slightly, something I seldom find with many other steels, where problems often arise from folks no sticking to the procedures closely enough. So ignore the standard industrial hardening heat and go for 1475F instead.