hanging parts and pins

ithacaartist · 06-05-2019, 10:48 PM

One way of getting uniform colors from heat onto parts is to immerse them in a container of sand that's been tempered to the correct temperature. This entirely eliminates any worry about over-heating. A toaster oven works fine for strawing small parts, but you'l need something with more kick to fire blue, which happens at almost 600 degrees F.

If you know a knife-maker, they'd likely have a small tempering oven. A toomaker's tempering oven, potter's kiln, or a glass artist's annealing oven would also work, as long as they're adjustable.

Quenching in oil is not necessary when heat-coloring parts.

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,377 Thanks: 7,452 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	One way of getting uniform colors from heat onto parts is to immerse them in a container of sand that's been tempered to the correct temperature. This entirely eliminates any worry about over-heating. A toaster oven works fine for strawing small parts, but you'l need something with more kick to fire blue, which happens at almost 600 degrees F. If you know a knife-maker, they'd likely have a small tempering oven. A toomaker's tempering oven, potter's kiln, or a glass artist's annealing oven would also work, as long as they're adjustable. Quenching in oil is not necessary when heat-coloring parts. Attached Images __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894