How To Heat Treat Sheet Metal

Heat to 1375 to 1400 f soak until uniformly heated approximately one half hour per inch.

How to heat treat sheet metal.

Heat to 1200 f hold at this temperature until thoroughly soaked. Send email metal heat treating. Approximate annealed hardness 200 max. Have your container of room temperature oil or water available for cooling.

For simple geometries use only the second preheating. Heat treating instructions hardening. Hold the metal with a pair of metal tongs. Pomona ca 91766 3851map 909 469 1957.

1352 s reservoir st. Apply the heat either by putting the metal into the forge or oven or by heating it with the torch. For complex and large tools heat to 1150 1250 f 621 677 c and equalize. Furnace cool 50 f per hour to 975 f air cool to room temperature.

For common carbon steels the cooling can be done in dry ashes lime powder or vermiculite. 9131 de garmo ave. With the torch keep the metal in the hottest part of the flame to reduce the oxygen reaching the metal. See reviews photos directions phone numbers and more for the best metal heat treating in los angeles ca.

Then heat to 1300 1400 f 704 760 c and equalize. See reviews photos directions phone numbers and more for the best metal heat treating in corona ca. Heat at a rate not exceeding 400 f per hour 222 c per hour. Send email metal heat treating.