Re: 1930 shifter missing part

Posted by tfee On 2013/3/29 16:47:25

A farrier taught me that magnet trick when I was about 20. He was hammering on some shoes for a friends horse and I was questioning him on how he knew when the shoe was hot enough to start hammering. Evidently when the magnet drops off the shoe it's time to start bending it to shape. I was astounded.

I have never heard of Kasenit and my brief read of the website leads me to believe it imparts some carbon in to the surface of the steel allowing it to case harden after quenching. Sounds pretty cool and if my torches weren't out of gas I'd give it a try.