harden your steel

[Crash]

today I was at lhs and they were out of hardened dogbones and the shop guy sugested I try to harden the stock version they had so, I tried it,. so far so good it seems to have worked.
heres how: heat dogbone to a orange glow, then cool it in used motor oil.
this process forces carbon into piece hardening it. cool stuff!!!!!!!!!!!:hammerpoke:

 

[savagecre]

Yes but even better than that is to get TEMPERING OIL it looks like dirty used motor oil but smells even nastier
The used motor oil will work. But just so you know we use TEMPERING OIL at my work. I'll find out where we get it and how much it is.

 

[savagecre]

There is something you can do to aluminum as well.......with electricity but I forget how it works..you shock it and the molecular structure changes into one direction kinda like the grain in wood. making it stronger

 

[Tremelle]

I am also into 1/8 buggys. The new Kyosho buggy now uses harden steel pieces. So a person could get the older buggy and harden their own parts to get the new buggy. Neat.

 

[01mango45]

that is sweet thanks for the info bud !

 

[frddyj]

think this would work on a clutch bell? :stickpoke:

 

[]-[0pa]0ng]

great ideas. for the rest of us, pics would be great as a visual. Just a thought!

 

[Crash]

I can harden one and mail it to ya to try out fred'o

I don't have a use for a hardened cb, I run plastic spur.

 

[frddyj]

I can harden one and mail it to ya to try out fred'o

I don't have a use for a hardened cb, I run plastic spur.

let's try it out. this is a good thread. if you do it make some pics your end & we'll run the bell on mine.

lmk if you need a bell, i might have a 17 (non vented).

 

[Crash]

let me look and see what u already sent me.

 

[Crash]

let me look and see what u already sent me.

ok, you already sent me a 17cb

I'll get the oil and harden it for some testing, have to put my money on your Picco though.......lol

 

[Grumpy1822]

Keep in mind hardened parts snap instead of flexing. Great for cb but not for dogbones IMO

 

[88gtanotchback]

so fred whats with all the old thread digging lately? not complaining as lots of it is really cool info i was just curious.

 

[soulja]

makes sense....might have to try that.......thanks crash.....+1

 

[wildchild27]

the only thing i see that "could" go wrong is that when you get steel to a point where it may warp from goin to glowin hot to touchable warm and this may cause it to remain at the shape it became when it was hot. this is not necesarily true as steel may have multiple levels of slag remaining in the steel its self and could cause it to be rather brittle, and when steel is brittle it is more prone to cracking from vibration or hard impacts.

eric....