Lamar Grip Turning Mandrels

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Re: Lamar Grip Turning Mandrels

Posted by: brandon edwards (---.dhcp.embarqhsd.net)

Date: October 07, 2008 12:45PM

WATER HARDENED INDICATES THEY ARE PROBABLY VERY HARD. THIS MEANS THAT THEY ARE MADE FROM A MILD STEEL, THEN HEATED UP (DEGREE OF HEATING WILL DETERMINE HARDNESS WHEN QUENCHED). QUENCHING WITH WATER WILL COOL THE METAL EXTREMELY FAST, MAKING IT VERY HARD. IF YOU QUENCHED WITH OIL OR SOMETHING THAT WILL COOL IT DOWN SLOWER IT WOULD BE LESS HARD. SO THE HOTTER YOU GET THE METAL AND THE FASTER YOU COOL IT DOWN, THE HARDER IT GETS. ALSO, DIFFERENT GRADES OF METAL WILL ALSO HELP DETERMINE HARDNESS.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/07/2008 12:50PM by brandon edwards.

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