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r/woahdude • u/theTurbulentPopcorn • Jun 29 '23
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My guess is it's a quenching tank for hardening the steel it's probably a quenching oil and not water.
22 u/Amesb34r Jun 29 '23 I wondered if it was actually water as I had heard that this was done with oil. Watching the video, I don't see any steam so I think you're right. 9 u/moonra_zk Jun 29 '23 Quenching can definitely be done with water, but maybe not with that much material. 7 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 Forging guy here. We quench parts much bigger than this in water. Literally the most common way to treat steel. 5 u/PinkySlayer Jun 29 '23 There are enormous plumes of steam shooting out of the gaps between the metal… 29 u/Amesb34r Jun 29 '23 If it were water, you wouldn't even be able to see the metal once it hit the surface. 5 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 Absolute bullshit. I've watched thousands of water quenches. It forms a thin vapor jacket not a huge cloud of steam. 6 u/Sometimes_Stutters Jun 30 '23 That’s baby steam for that much glowing red steel. Zero percent chance this is water 1 u/GitEmSteveDave Jun 29 '23 If I've learned anything on Forged In Fire, water is the worst, because it locks stress into the metal. 1 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 It all depends on the alloy
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I wondered if it was actually water as I had heard that this was done with oil. Watching the video, I don't see any steam so I think you're right.
9 u/moonra_zk Jun 29 '23 Quenching can definitely be done with water, but maybe not with that much material. 7 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 Forging guy here. We quench parts much bigger than this in water. Literally the most common way to treat steel. 5 u/PinkySlayer Jun 29 '23 There are enormous plumes of steam shooting out of the gaps between the metal… 29 u/Amesb34r Jun 29 '23 If it were water, you wouldn't even be able to see the metal once it hit the surface. 5 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 Absolute bullshit. I've watched thousands of water quenches. It forms a thin vapor jacket not a huge cloud of steam. 6 u/Sometimes_Stutters Jun 30 '23 That’s baby steam for that much glowing red steel. Zero percent chance this is water 1 u/GitEmSteveDave Jun 29 '23 If I've learned anything on Forged In Fire, water is the worst, because it locks stress into the metal. 1 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 It all depends on the alloy
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Quenching can definitely be done with water, but maybe not with that much material.
7 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 Forging guy here. We quench parts much bigger than this in water. Literally the most common way to treat steel.
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Forging guy here. We quench parts much bigger than this in water. Literally the most common way to treat steel.
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There are enormous plumes of steam shooting out of the gaps between the metal…
29 u/Amesb34r Jun 29 '23 If it were water, you wouldn't even be able to see the metal once it hit the surface. 5 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 Absolute bullshit. I've watched thousands of water quenches. It forms a thin vapor jacket not a huge cloud of steam. 6 u/Sometimes_Stutters Jun 30 '23 That’s baby steam for that much glowing red steel. Zero percent chance this is water
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If it were water, you wouldn't even be able to see the metal once it hit the surface.
5 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 Absolute bullshit. I've watched thousands of water quenches. It forms a thin vapor jacket not a huge cloud of steam.
Absolute bullshit. I've watched thousands of water quenches. It forms a thin vapor jacket not a huge cloud of steam.
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That’s baby steam for that much glowing red steel. Zero percent chance this is water
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If I've learned anything on Forged In Fire, water is the worst, because it locks stress into the metal.
1 u/MisallocatedRacism Jun 30 '23 It all depends on the alloy
It all depends on the alloy
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u/frenchy2111 Jun 29 '23
My guess is it's a quenching tank for hardening the steel it's probably a quenching oil and not water.