44fanatic
04-17-2011, 09:58 AM
Oops...
This morning I realized that I had left some boolits in the toaster oven for over 12 hours (hate to see the electric bill). I had water quenched a whole slew of 30 Carbine boolits (WWs) and had placed them in the oven to dry. Oven temp was between 200-225f.
From what I have read hardening of WW alloy is usually done at temps over 400f. Have a created a superhard boolit, softened my WQ'd boolit, or just have some really dry boolits that are ready to be tumble lubed? Dont have a hardness tester to check this out.
This morning I realized that I had left some boolits in the toaster oven for over 12 hours (hate to see the electric bill). I had water quenched a whole slew of 30 Carbine boolits (WWs) and had placed them in the oven to dry. Oven temp was between 200-225f.
From what I have read hardening of WW alloy is usually done at temps over 400f. Have a created a superhard boolit, softened my WQ'd boolit, or just have some really dry boolits that are ready to be tumble lubed? Dont have a hardness tester to check this out.