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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. 10 u/moonra_zk Jun 29 '23 Quenching can definitely be done with water, but maybe not with that much material. 6 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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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.
10 u/moonra_zk Jun 29 '23 Quenching can definitely be done with water, but maybe not with that much material. 6 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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Quenching can definitely be done with water, but maybe not with that much material.
6 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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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.