Heat Treatment

Service Description

Warning: Tool steel is tough, if you are not comfortable using tongs and are still working on forging smooth tapers in mild steel, you may want more practice before taking this class It’s time for a delve into the molecular physics involved in heat treatment. This class will teach you the various states that metals transition through with the use of heat control. Learn about what the words: annealed, normalized, hardened, and tempered actually mean. (Trigger warning!!!) Taking this class may have the potential side effect of causing you endless annoyance from listening to people misuse these words for the rest of your natural life. You were warned. You will be taught to forge a a small tool without causing it structural damage and then heat treat it. This class will provide informational handouts that you can keep. If this stuff has always sounded like Greek to you then this is the class to make it clear. There are many alloys that can be made with wildly varying strengths based on which additives have been blended into the metal. In this class you will learn about some of the common alloys and how they differ in heat treatment and use.