On 11 December 2015 at 17:30, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sounds like you don't have a lot to lose by attempting to heat-treat >> the blade. > > I've considered that, but I think I'd have to do something similar to > color case hardening just to add some carbon,
As a first stage, just get it red hot and quench it in oil. If it gets hard, then it is an OK steel with a bad heat-treat. If it doesn't, then put the plane back on the shelf. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
