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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1991879" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>Somebody had to break those rules or no one would know what to expect.</p><p></p><p>Normally I would disagree with this statement. You can heat-treat most steel alloys at home if you've educated yourself on the topic and you're not trying to do or work with something exotic. Look up the Gingery Bros. books on amazon, there's likely one that covers this. However, with the large sections being discussed the odds of someone at home having the means to get that much mass up to the temperature(s) required isn't all that likely.</p><p>And, merely hardening the steel would not be a good idea. Hard = brittle. May as well shoot at rocks because it's going to behave the same way. Hardened + Tempered = now we're talking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1991879, member: 93138"] Somebody had to break those rules or no one would know what to expect. Normally I would disagree with this statement. You can heat-treat most steel alloys at home if you've educated yourself on the topic and you're not trying to do or work with something exotic. Look up the Gingery Bros. books on amazon, there's likely one that covers this. However, with the large sections being discussed the odds of someone at home having the means to get that much mass up to the temperature(s) required isn't all that likely. And, merely hardening the steel would not be a good idea. Hard = brittle. May as well shoot at rocks because it's going to behave the same way. Hardened + Tempered = now we're talking. [/QUOTE]
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