Quenching SF100 Stainless steel using Arbor press for speed and flatness
I used to use a pair of squeeze clamps to hold the Quench plates closed but the arbor press is quicker and applies a bit more pressure.
The results are a very flat blade and a speeded up procedure with less fuss.
I doubt whether a bigger press would give any better results but it would be nice to have:)
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Great idea...panned out well Sandy
Brilliant Sandy 👏👏👏 every bit of help , Helps 👌 good idea with the press 👍
Great work Sandy.
Been watching for years. I'd love to have one of your knives.
Love getting to see some of the trade secrets 👍🏼
Good morning Sandy.
Hi Sandy. Hope all is well. I use a woodworking vice with a couple of 1" thick aluminum plates where the wood cheeks would be and so you can just turn the vise handle down to clamp the knife and then use air as well to speed cooling.
Game Changer!! Brilliant!! 👍💯
Great to watch thank you, very new to knife making and don’t heat treat myself but just bought some SF100..! Hope I can make something useable, the hunter gather looks perfect 👍🏻 hope your other half is ok 🤞
The steel said don't you [Op]press me. Good evening Sandy, could not suppress a life of Brian reference.
Very cool
Hi Sandy, just started doing that myself with the same press. Working well so far!! Best wishes.
Good stuff,, 👍🗡️,, I forgot to mention on the last stainless video,, absolutely love those pins on the hunter gatherer,, simply stunning,, all the best my friend, and hope the missus gets well soon,,
Nice...
Nice! Bet you did a few dry runs on that setup before you pulled the trigger the first time! This works on carbon steel blades too if you get them in the plates after your oil quench as soon as they are below 450C or so. Finishing them off in the plates makes them dead flat.
I know very little about quenching (other than quenching my thirst with a pint of ale) but I guess this method cools the whole piece evenly, which has to be good.
@Jackloreknives
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It just applies a buit more even pressure to the blade as it cools Steve. Gave consistent results and is quicker than the two clamp method
Do i see the begining's of HG's ???
@Jackloreknives
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Yes Andrew there are two on the go. One is spoken for though. If you want the other let me know
Dead flat! How did the hardness work out?
@Jackloreknives
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You won't get it as hard as carbon steel from Quench but I achieved 62Hrc for the SF100 Stainless steel then temper accordingly. 2 times two hours at 185 Celcius gave 59.5Hrc
Interesting..