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Title: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: 20nickels on January 20, 2013, 01:52:22 PM
Need to heat treat some rifle receivers for home builds.  Like this;
Testing Heat Treat Rack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dii7NwBjzDY#ws)

There is a large machine shop in G.I. I've used in the past for other things but they have "that sign" on the front door..  ::)
Title: Re: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: m0par on January 22, 2013, 08:49:35 AM
If you don't find anything else, I have a small one I built. 230V. I ran it on a 30A circuit.

It has digital controls, but hasn't been used in a few years. Best to get some cones to verify the temp.

Let me know if you don't find anything better, and I'll dig it out of storage.
Title: Re: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: 20nickels on January 22, 2013, 01:36:32 PM
Hi, m0par.  All I have to do is bend the flats and weld in the rails.  I just wanted to put the feelers out there early.  Can I contact you in a few weeks when they are ready to HT?  Not sure what cones are but I have an IR thermometer I use to use for smelting lead that should work.
Title: Re: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: m0par on January 22, 2013, 06:14:38 PM
Cones=pyrometric cones. Used to verify kiln firings. You could also use something like Tempilaq/Tempilstiks. I may have packed something with it (either cones or tempilstiks) when I put it away. I don't recall. I just think something should be used on a test run first since it has sat for so long, just to verify that it's pyrometer is still accurate.

Does your IR thermometer do 1600F+?

PM me if you're wanting to use it, whenever the time comes.
Title: Re: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: Husker_Fan on January 22, 2013, 07:12:45 PM
This doesn't involve a flat shovel does it? :)
Title: Re: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: 20nickels on January 23, 2013, 01:52:13 PM
Cones=pyrometric cones. Used to verify kiln firings. You could also use something like Tempilaq/Tempilstiks. I may have packed something with it (either cones or tempilstiks) when I put it away. I don't recall. I just think something should be used on a test run first since it has sat for so long, just to verify that it's pyrometer is still accurate.

Does your IR thermometer do 1600F+?
I'll have to check.
PM me if you're wanting to use it, whenever the time comes.
Will do, tks for helping.  PM me any time.
Title: Re: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: m0par on January 23, 2013, 02:05:53 PM
This doesn't involve a flat shovel does it? :)

You're not knocking shovel builds, are you?

That thing was awesome.
Title: Re: Anybody have heat treat capabilities? Kiln?
Post by: 20nickels on January 23, 2013, 02:52:13 PM
This doesn't involve a flat shovel does it? :)
I saw that somewhere, quite clever.  I hope it never comes to that, lol but I'd do it.

We have a member @ my regular saloon building a .50 BMG AK.  The bolt is ginormous.