Heat Treatment Handbooks?

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Apologies if this has been covered and I haven't found it, but I am looking at one of the following heat treatment guides, and wanted see what the forum thinks of these. Also, any other guide that I should consider in stead would be appreciated. I am focused on low alloy, tool, and stainless steels for knife making.

1. Heat Treater's Guide: Practices and Procedures for Irons and Steels, by Chandler, published by ASM
2. Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, by Totten, published by CRC

Thanks!
 
I've got both of those

I can't comment as I've not read and digested them yet.

1
2200 pages, very academic

2
only 800 pages and more of a text to give you a rounded understanding.
Very little applies to steel, but it has a chapter on tool steel and a chapter on CPM steel



One thing to consider is that standard industrial treatments are in large sections and usually aiming for a balance of characteristics different than knives are concerned with.



Have a look for

Metallurgy Fundamentals: Daniel A. Brandt
A good basic intro text




Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths & Others who Heat Treat and Forge Steel - By John D. Verhoeven (2005)

It's published to be legally shared and free.
 
I love the Verhoeven PDF. I have it saved to my desktop and refer to it very often. Quite a bit of info in there. Every time I look at it I find something new. My go to heat treat source.
 
The ASM Heat Treater's Guide is my bible for metallurgy info. Worth every penny, IMHO.
Another good book is "Metallurgy", by Johnson and Weeks. It covers the principles in a simple and basic way.

The stickies should have a book list of metallurgy books.
 
The ASM Heat Treater's Guide is my bible for metallurgy info. Worth every penny, IMHO.
Another good book is "Metallurgy", by Johnson and Weeks. It covers the principles in a simple and basic way.

The stickies should have a book list of metallurgy books.
 
I can't speak to the handbook, but the Heat treaters guide is excellent for what it is. Unfortunately it was published in 1995 and doesn't have any of the modern stainless steels. There are two volumes, one for ferrous metals and one for nonferrous metals.
Jim A.
 
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