Subject: Re: Tool Steel - Quenching fluids

From: TOMBGUARD <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 18:17:24 CST

[email-masked] writes:
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>To All,
>Used motor oil is only good for recycling.

Then, may I ask, what is the best oil for quenching?  What is the next
best considering availability and pricing?  And finally, what oil was
traditionally used?

Robert

  Robert H. Neidlinger                      [email-masked]
  "The Tomb Guard"                          [email-masked] 
  "Ask me a question and I'll reply, Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie"
                                                Winnie the Pooh

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From: George Ezell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:48:57 -0500

>   "Ask me a question and I'll reply, Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie"

Try peanut oil....a little expensive, but I've never had a blade (or
anything else, for that matter) not harden in it...It also smells 
really nice (as opposed to transmission fluid)!  Warn it up until its
hot to the touch, then use it for quenching.
	George Ezell