Thread: Annealing steel

Originally Posted by JoshEarl

Bruno,

This new forum is fun. Tell me if you want me to shut up.

Before you try to anneal a piece of bar stock, it's worth trying to cut it or file it to gauge its hardness. If it cuts or files pretty well, then you might be better off just working it as is.

I don't.
I did.
And it didn't.


I don't shy away from anything atm, because anything I do can only increase my first hand knowledge about steel.
I filed before and after, and it is definitely softer than what I started with. At least the part that was in the core of the fire.