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Oil quenching (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/36527199

Watching heavy machinery never gets old.

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/oil-quenching-y3oiCKG#/t/toolgifs

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Materials science is pretty amazing. You actually get different metal characteristics based on how something is cooled, at what temperature it's heated, and how quickly it's cooled.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yep. Seen the same part be almost impossible to mill with TiC bits, annealed for like 30min and then it curls chips like no tomorrow. Re-quench and carbide again bounces off.

Wild.