The blacksmith's guide : valuable instructions on forging, welding, hardening, tempering, casehardening, annealing, coloring, brazing, and general blacksmithing (1907)
Sallows, J. F. (James Francis), 1865- · Brattleboro, Vt. : The Technical Press · leaf 117
THE BLACKSMITH’S GUIDE 104 bar is always softer than the bar it was made from. This ought to prove what I claim in regard to an¬ nealing. If you are not careful in annealing, there is no use being careful about tempering ; for, if you spoil a piece of steel in annealing you cannot expect a good… … Fig. 27. out of the fire as soon as you can. (Do not think I am advertising charcoal as I think there is nothing to hin¬ der any one from making his own charcoal.) If a very thin piece is to be annealed heat to No. 2 and place between two pieces of dry pine board and put a weight on top. When the…
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