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Charred Leather: Shoe-Sole Scrap Charred in Hardening Boxes Overnight (Bacon, 1919)
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Charred Leather: Shoe-Sole Scrap Charred in Hardening Boxes Overnight (Bacon, 1919)

Charred leather is packed round steel in a closed box to case-harden it; John Lord Bacon calls it the very best carburizer for fine work. His Forge-Practice and Heat Treatment of Steel (1919) has it made in the shop from heavy scrap: the pieces punched out when shoe soles and heels are cut, or worn-out leather belting. Cut into 3 or 4 inch pieces, the leather is packed into covered hardening boxes and left overnight in a hot furnace whose fire has been shut off, just until it can be crushed in the hand. Source: J. L. Bacon, Forge-Practice and Heat Treatment of Steel, 3rd ed. (1919), pp. 335-336. Picture: his p. 336.
Pemula
Overnight

Arahan

1

Read Bacon

"This process should be carried on only long enough to char the leather until it can be crushed in the hand."
2

Cut the scrap

Collect heavy leather scrap: the pieces left when shoe soles and heels are punched out, or old leather belting that is worn out. Cut it into pieces 3 or 4 inches across.

Bahan untuk langkah ini:

Kulit samakKulit samak1 scrap

Alatan diperlukan:

Pisau kulitPisau kulit
3

Pack the boxes

Fill hardening boxes with the leather pieces and put the covers in place.

Alatan diperlukan:

Kotak pengerasan permukaanKotak pengerasan permukaan
4

Char overnight

At the end of the day, when the furnace has been running for several hours, set the boxes in it and shut the fire off: the heat stored in the walls chars the contents. If the furnace walls are too light to hold enough heat, run the fire very low for a while, then shut it off. Leave the boxes in until morning.

Alatan diperlukan:

Relau MuffleRelau Muffle
Sarung Tangan Tahan HabaSarung Tangan Tahan Haba
5

Check the char

Take the boxes out. The leather is done when it can be crushed in the hand. Do not overdo it: Bacon warns that leather is easily charred too much.

Alatan diperlukan:

Sarung Tangan Tahan HabaSarung Tangan Tahan Haba
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History and honest limits

Bacon writes that charred leather was dearer than charred bone and kept for the finer work, and that bought leather char should come only from trusted dealers, as some used any scrap leather they could get. He counts leather a safe carburizer for all steel under 1.25 per cent carbon. He describes the boxes and furnace only as the hardening boxes and hardening furnace of the shop; the knife and furnace type are ours.

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