My Living Room

[MushiSushi]

I have discovered that I can Heat Treat in my living room

My imitation coal gas fire goes over 1000C at it's centre (tested with my thermocouple)

put a blade in it for stress relieving and it went to bright orange

Heat Treating in the comfort of my own living room

not good for swords though

[ANDYLASER]

Just make sure you dont replace the coffee table with an anvil.

[MushiSushi]

Just make sure you dont replace the coffee table with an anvil.

toughened glass topped coffee table

the experience would be shattering

[Howard Clark]

Oh I dunno, a little anvil, and maybe even a little power hammer like that cute table top model John N is showing pictures of in the big boys toys section.

Just trying to be helpful, you know.

[Dave Budd]

funnily enough, the first few attmpts at heat treating my own blades as a kid were done using my parents' anthracite boiler I had a pot of motor oil sat on the rug in the living room and then a very unhappy mother when the room filled with smoke :oops:

[tomtom]

put a blade in it for stress relieving and it went to bright orange

Cheaper then Prozac I guess..

[lilzee]

just don't mess up the rug.

[MushiSushi]

yes mum

[lilzee]

don't talk to me in that tone of voice young man!