Nice -- while I've heard other smiths talk about vapor jackets, I don't think I've ever heard one reference the Leidenfrost effect. So bonus points for scientific literacy :-) I'm sure you know (but other readers might not) that salt added to a water quench will provide nucleation points to make many, many small steam bubbles, reducing the Leidenfrost effect. I'll occasionally get brave and quench W2 in a warm brine... Clyde
I’ve never heard of auto tempering. Is this some kind of air hardening steel temper? Cool video man. I haven’t tried to make a hammer yet but researching now.
Not air hardening, this is 4140. The hammer face is hardened in oil, but just the face, not the whole hammer head, then the residual heat from the body of the hammer head is used to temper the faces, instead of having to heat the entire hammer up again.
Nice -- while I've heard other smiths talk about vapor jackets, I don't think I've ever heard one reference the Leidenfrost effect. So bonus points for scientific literacy :-) I'm sure you know (but other readers might not) that salt added to a water quench will provide nucleation points to make many, many small steam bubbles, reducing the Leidenfrost effect. I'll occasionally get brave and quench W2 in a warm brine... Clyde
..I've seen much longer videos that didn't explain half of what you discussed in under 7 minutes!! Good job Sir!. Learned something new again...!!
My pleasure, sir! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Good job
Thanks!
Wolf's Den Forge your very welcome
Nice! Learned something new today I thank you.
My pleasure!
I’ve never heard of auto tempering. Is this some kind of air hardening steel temper? Cool video man. I haven’t tried to make a hammer yet but researching now.
Not air hardening, this is 4140. The hammer face is hardened in oil, but just the face, not the whole hammer head, then the residual heat from the body of the hammer head is used to temper the faces, instead of having to heat the entire hammer up again.