tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post1963004102073860696..comments2024-03-29T00:38:38.893-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Now for a status updateFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-14485834965241510692013-08-14T12:11:54.166-07:002013-08-14T12:11:54.166-07:00I haven't done any serious reading in a while,...I haven't done any serious reading in a while, but for most carbon steels that've been hardened, you have to hit 400f or above- usually above- before you'd start affecting the hardness. So up to 400F should be fine.<br /><br />I did do a bunch of research first, and of all the people who'd tried this stuff, none had any problems indicating any change in hardness on the parts baked.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-46165223911169704502013-08-14T11:46:11.549-07:002013-08-14T11:46:11.549-07:00I take it the curing temperature won't affect ...I take it the curing temperature won't affect the steel in the gun, either making it too soft or too hard?<br /><br />Because that'd be my worry... but a a blacksmith I imagine you know more about that than I do.<br /><br />(I do know I've put metal in the oven to temper it after softening it for work with a torch, when making half-assed knives out of an old sawblade.<br /><br />I suppose hardening your gun a little is unlikely to cause a problem... assuming the header paint needs to break 300-some degrees to cure.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.com