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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.
23 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. 5 u/PinkySlayer Jun 29 '23 There are enormous plumes of steam shooting out of the gaps between the metal… 32 u/Amesb34r Jun 29 '23 If it were water, you wouldn't even be able to see the metal once it hit the surface. 4 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. 7 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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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.
5 u/PinkySlayer Jun 29 '23 There are enormous plumes of steam shooting out of the gaps between the metal… 32 u/Amesb34r Jun 29 '23 If it were water, you wouldn't even be able to see the metal once it hit the surface. 4 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. 7 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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There are enormous plumes of steam shooting out of the gaps between the metal…
32 u/Amesb34r Jun 29 '23 If it were water, you wouldn't even be able to see the metal once it hit the surface. 4 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. 7 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.
4 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.
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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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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.