Jericoh
Well-Known Member
So my Evenheat furnace looks to ship this Wednesday, so I've been wrapping my head around the whole heat treating thing. One question that has come up that I haven't been able to find an answer to involves soak times. Does the soak time start when the furnace reaches temp, or when the blade reaches temp?
Say I put a blade in the furnace and start her up to 1475. Do I start timing when the furnace reaches 1475? Or when the blade gets to 1475? Say, I'm putting a blade in an already at temp oven. Do I start timing, or wait until the blade is hot? For 1095 it, in theory, should be easy to check when the steel is at temp because of the loss of magnetism, but for something like CPM154CM or Elmax that goes really hot....
Thanks
Say I put a blade in the furnace and start her up to 1475. Do I start timing when the furnace reaches 1475? Or when the blade gets to 1475? Say, I'm putting a blade in an already at temp oven. Do I start timing, or wait until the blade is hot? For 1095 it, in theory, should be easy to check when the steel is at temp because of the loss of magnetism, but for something like CPM154CM or Elmax that goes really hot....
Thanks