KASENIT ?

Thanks,
Rod

Thanks

Rod

You might want to get a copy of Advanced Gunsimthing by WF Vickery. It'll teach you alot about metal hardening and what metals to use.

T_Bone

It really does work - heat the part up as described, douse it in the powder, and you get a case on the surface that varies in thickness and hardness, as described. As to size change - yes, it will, and there will be debris and detritus adhering to the surface when you're done. You will need to grind to size.

If you use Kasenit on the pin on which a roller bearing runs, you'll have a very hard, very thin and very brittle outer shell enclosing a relatively soft CR core. I think you will find that the case will quickly crack and fail, at least in a bearing of this size. I would be looking for a base pin which is quite a bit harder to start with, and then maybe case-harden that.

HTH GLWI

llater,

llamas

Some further thought also - Kasenit was first made and sold in the UK for the gunmaking and toolmaking trades, and its purpose was to locally case-harden low-carbon steel parts. A favorite use was to toughen the tips of firing pins, and indeed, gunsmiths still use it today to make the frizzens of flintlocks glass-hard and extra-sparky.

You're looking to make a 1" pin hard and tough. You'll need to get the whoile pin red-hot but not too hot, which may be hard to do with a torch - a furnace or forge may be required. Kasenit will fall apart and fail you totally if you get the part too hot.

I really think you might want to consider another apparaoch.

HTH

llater,

llamas