Subject: Steel Problem

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 20:50:55 -0400

I was asked to repair the ends of a few crow bars.
I was sucessful in all but one.   A double ended bar.  These are all about
5feet in length and about 1 1/2inch thick.   The one bar developed a crack at
each end on heating, before any work was done.    I did heat all them in a
comercial gas forge.
Any Ideas??
Gil Watkins
Coal River Blacksmithing
St Albans, WV(West of Charleston)
[email-masked]

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From: Ralph Snel <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:26:07 METDST

> each end on heating, before any work was done.    I did heat all them in a
You heated too fast? Thermal stresses could have cracked the bar before
it had a chance to anneal. Any more qualified opinions on this?

Ralph Snel
[email-masked]

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 22:38:01 -0500

> St Albans, WV(West of Charleston)

Gil, It was probably cracked before you touched it. I had a crowbar 
crack on me the other day.
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

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