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Forum: Fabrication 07-18-2022, 02:23 AM
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No point in tempering case hardened material--not...

No point in tempering case hardened material--not that you're going to get much hardening with mild steel. Tempering is a process used to reduce the hardness/brittleness of a block of steel after...
Forum: Fabrication 07-16-2022, 01:51 AM
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Posted By LKeithR
You can in fact create a very thin skin of hard...

You can in fact create a very thin skin of hard material on a piece of mild steel by case hardening but it won't stand up to anything more than mild abrasion. If there is any impact involved it will...
Forum: Fabrication 07-15-2022, 10:16 PM
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Posted By LKeithR
In my experience mild steel doesn't case harden...

In my experience mild steel doesn't case harden well either. The other problem you may have is with the depth of the case hardening itself. The surface of the material may harden somewhat but the...
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