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Re: [RC] hot shoeing - Diane Trefethen

The reason I said a a shoer wouldn't put a hot shoe in cold water before fitting is that somewhere in the back of my mind was the thought that the cold water made the steel more brittle. I googled and got this:

http://www.endtimesreport.com/PLAYING_WITH_TEMPERATURES.html
The annealed steel can then be... heated again to a cherry red and then immediately quenched completely in oil, a process called tempering. The oil-bath tempering restores a spring-steel quality of temper... Cold water quenching makes steel harder, but brittle.


I don't know if multiple heatings and quenchings make the steel more and more brittle but it will take longer if you have to re-heat the shoe. In any event, it would be a mistake to quench the shoe and then try to work it cold. Your farrier did not do that.

SandyDSA@xxxxxxx wrote:
Our shoer does - he takes the extra time to reheat it if it is not just right. He cools it in water, allows the sizzle to go away then fits it against the hoof. If it isnt' right, he heats it again.


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