Diplocaulus
Thu 20 December 2018, 09:01
I'm looking online and find a couple options for hardening the McMaster 20t spur gears in 1020 steel. Item #5172t12. The instructions I've found either require precision furnaces or they're vague to the point of being kind of useless. Has anyone been through this process or know of a way to impart some hardness to the gears without going through all the technical specifics? Can I just heat to past magnetic and quench in canola and temper back down, or will this particular steel not react well to that process?