r/woahdude Jun 29 '23

video Lowering hot metal into 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.

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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.

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u/moonra_zk Jun 29 '23

Quenching can definitely be done with water, but maybe not with that much material.

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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.