[modeleng] Re: Indentation hardness testing

  • From: "Peter J. Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:24:09 -0000

John

I will go for oil (possibly).

May the best man win!

Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Browning" <jgb7573@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Indentation hardness testing


Peter,

The pieces of metal handed out are gauge plate (aka ground flat stock). This
is an oil hardening tool steel. Let me know which method you use and I'll
try something else. It'll be interesting to compare the results.

Cheers,

John B

(also of Ickenham and District SME)


>From: "Peter Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [modeleng] Indentation hardness testing
>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:52:04 -0000
>
>We have a meeting at IDSME on Friday evening and the topic is as above.
>Peter Pardington who is giving the talk, and bringing along the equipment,
>has given a number of us a small block of metal and asked us to go away and
>harden it for testing.  Anyone any thoughts on the best way to make it as
>hard as possible so I beat everyone else?
>
>Peter Cathcart
>
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