Oven hardening

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Im aware of the 450deg to maximize hardening. My little toaster oven gets to 375deg.. Im wondering if this temp will create some degree of hardening, or none at all. Better yet, is there a table avail. for hardening alloys at various temperatures as I have one for de-hardening.
Maybe a stupid question.
Thanks
Dwayner
 
I'm with Dogleg on this one. I cast bullets wearing welding gloves and open the mold and with my thumb, pry the bullet out of the mold in a 5 gallon bucket of water beside me on the floor. Quick and easy.
 
I use the the same method as tigrr and dogleg using wheelweights to make the bullets from. Just dump the bullets from the mould into a 5 gallon pail full of water.
 
fuzz said:
Im aware of the 450deg to maximize hardening. My little toaster oven gets to 375deg.. Im wondering if this temp will create some degree of hardening, or none at all. Better yet, is there a table avail. for hardening alloys at various temperatures as I have one for de-hardening.
Maybe a stupid question.
Thanks
Dwayner
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no 400 will give you a little bit of hardening. 375 will probably not do anything
 
Thanks guys.
Im gunna water-drop from the mold next batch. I just have a bunch of Keith type 44's from WW and a little bit of added tin that I wanted to fart around with. They seem to be aboot 12BHN by way of measuring relative density. LBT hasnt e'd me back on the cost of their BHN tester.
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