Stevens Favorite Restoration Part 3 Color Case Hardening - Dunking Steel - The big plunge
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Stevens Favorite Restoration Part-03 Case Coloring - The Big Plunge. Final video in this case coloring series. Follow Don Turnbull as he prepares and plunges this Stevens Favorite receiver.
Great video. Thank you for sharing this step by step process. I loved the other videos you have in this series as well and look forward to more.
Looks amazing. Love the look of a case hardened receiver.
Thanks Troy, and thanks for watching!
Great job and amazing results! Loved the nailbiter momemt with the slow motion and music...epic!
Glad you liked it!
Why drop it down to 1250 instead of letting it soak closer to critical and dunking it from there? Does it produce different colors or something? Don't you still need the hardening part?
To answer the first part of the question, Yes, the temp does change the color and the temperatures I used in the video are just a guide or starting point. I honestly am not a metallurgist. The most important reasoning for me doing it that way is, it is the basic temperature formula used when I was trained by a Master gunsmithing in School now over 20 years ago (Yikes). That being said, my understanding is the parts receive proper carburization at 1450 deg early in the heating cycle. letting it drop and soak for two hours before quenching in my opinion (for what it's worth) puts less stress on the part and can reduce warpage when quenched. The parts are still red hot when going into the quench and do still come out hardened on the exterior surface.
That is nice work. Will this work on a generic Mauser 98 receiver?
You need to be careful and know what the base metal of the receiver is. At this point I try to stick with receivers that were case colored initially from the factory. Some of the newer receivers and steels can become embrittled, I believe they use a newer chemical style process for casing those. I have seen some original Mausers done, and I would like to try some in the future... may make a good future video. So without knowing the metal I can't say for sure. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I’m new at the whole video editing part. So should get better as I learn more.
Thanks for informative video. Beautiful result. Do you sieve your charcoal to remove the fine dust?
Yes I do. Thanks for watching
Thank you for finally showing us how to do it properly, I know you can't give up all your secrets but it's nice to see the MASTER at work you and that guy in California are 2 of the best in the world, bravo!@Turnbullcustomguns
Hey I'm wondering how LC Smith and others did 50 at a time & did they maybe drop thier large crucibles into the water and then open them once submerged, leaving the frames surrounded by the coals until cooled
@@ericschulze5641 I think you have me confused with Doug and Turnbull Restoration they do great work but are on a much larger scale. Im just a small gun shop in Buxton Maine with the same last name. And a similar desire to restore and refinish Old firearms that most people have given up on. Still thanks for your kind comments. Maybe you will now add our shop to your list with the other two shops who can do it right :). Thanks again. Don Turnbull.
Have you ever tried plunging the entire crucible into the water and removing the lid while submerged ,leaving the parts inside along with the bone/coal mix ? I suspect this is how it was done en mas back in the day Not dumping simply submerging, there's no way parker,L.C Smith ect were "dumping " anything. dozens if not 100s at a time , the massive crucible would have come out of the oven transported to a dunk tank not a dump tank
Never tried it. Could be interesting
@@Turnbullcustomguns I suspect that is what that "OTHER " guy is doing, pretty sure you know who I'm talking about 😊