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  1. 06-30-2018, 05:11 PM #1
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    Smelting Wheel Weights

    Today we're smelting an old bucket of wheel weights. I'm measuring the hardness of our ingots and am getting a fairly consistent 9bhn. I'm not complaining but I have always thought wheel weights were like 13bhn. What do you guys say?

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  2. 06-30-2018, 05:15 PM #2
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    It depends on the mix .It can be low.i think 13 is high for that.Someone else might have some thing else about it.if it is clip on then it will be a little high but if it is stick on it will be low.
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  3. 06-30-2018, 05:17 PM #3
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    Measure again in about 2 weeks. It has to stabalize and harden through precipitation process. Unless you melted the clipons with the stickons. Then they will ne softer. For clip ons i get about 12bhn. I wait a week or two before measuring.
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  4. 06-30-2018, 05:21 PM #4
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    Give them time! COWW’s have been historically ~12.......after curing. Right out of the ingot mold you reading will be low.....and wrong. YES.....try them in 2 weeks!
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  5. 06-30-2018, 05:30 PM #5
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    Thanks guys. There were only a couple stick on ones in the entire bucket so it must be the aging thing.
    You guys are awesome as usual.

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  6. 06-30-2018, 10:41 PM #6
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    I usually see about 12 also.
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