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Old March 25, 2014, 11:25 AM   #3
maillemaker
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I've not used casinite and I don't think you can buy it anymore.

I have case hardened and heat treated BP gun parts by packing them in a metal box with leather scraps and heating them over a propane burner for an hour letting it glow, and then quenching. Then I polished the piece and re-heated watching the colors change until I got a straw color and then quenching again. The lead pot idea has been suggested to me and lets you more accurately control the quench temperature.

Here is a great book on heat treating alloys and temps:

http://www.secowarwick.com/assets/Do...EBook.2011.pdf

Steve
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