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High-Performance Blades Sharing ideas for getting the most out of our steel. |
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Heat treating CPM 420V
Has anyone got a good formula for heat treating CMP 420V? The Crucible website lists the temperatures but not the timing. Would appreciate any advice you may have.... |
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Their book recommends 10-30 minutes, but that's for thicker sections. I would think 10-15 would be plenty for knife baldes. The book also suggests using a salt bath or interrupted oil quench, which is really aimed at getting the temperature down to 1000F as fast as possible. |
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Heat treating CPM 420V
Thanks, Jerry. That's about what I figured but I only have one piece of this steel so I thought I'd check with the experts... |
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Whoa Ray, I'm no expert. Paul Bos does all my tempering. I was just reading what was in the book. Good luck with it. |
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The only thing I would add is use the longer soak times on these high alloys. Also, rather than interupted oil, you can use a press quench for a very fast quench. Ive gotten good results that way. |
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Rob, I'm going to show my ignorance but would you explain the process of a press quench? Gary Mulkey |
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Gary, the press quench is nothing more that quenching the knife between 2 thick pieces of steel or aluminum. Aluminum works the best. There are several ways to do it but I take the knife out of the furnace, strip the foil off and very quickly lay it on a 1/2" aluminum plate on the floor, put an aluminum plate on top and either stand on it for a minute or put my anvil on top. You get a very fast quench and blades come out flat. It dosent work on tapered tangs however. |
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Thanks Rob, I may play with it some on some 3V that I've had some warpage problems with. I know Crucible recommends that you quickly quench to 1000 degrees and then a slow air quench to room temp. If I can get to where I can judge how long the press quench takes to get to 1000 and then remove the blade it might cure the warping. Gary |
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paul bos
does paul bos have a web page or e-mail? thanks, stan |
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Re: paul bos
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Re: paul bos
He does a great job and can give it the cryogenic soak. His prices are good, too. Paul Bos 1900 Weld Blvd. El Cajon, CA 92020 619-562-2370 |
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Re: paul bos
BTW, I believe Rob Simonich does heat treating too. Knowing the knives Rob makes (I have one), he's as good as they come as well. |
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Re: paul bos
Thanks for the plug Jerry.......but................I am only heat treating my own stuff at this time. It was taking too much of my time and I had to prioritize making knives over heat treating. In fact I will be using Paul Bos on some bigger batches. You cant find anyone better than Paul! |
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