I have a 6 foot long "digging bar" that I bought for $3 at a garagesale. It is made out of a 1 1/8" or so hex bar. On one end of it, itlooks like a metal chisel (not wood chisel). On the other end, it isjust the hex bar cut off without any shape imparted to it.What I would like to accomplish is, to make it into a pinch bar, withthat other end sharpened by forging also into a chisel like shape, andslightly bent. With that, I could use it to pry big things.Anyway, the forging part is simple and I can use my Forgemaster toheat that end, make into a chisel shape and bend afterwards. Noproblem. My question is more about quenching. I believe that it needs to beproperly quenched so that it attains maximum strength and yet is notbrittle. Would anyone recommend a quenching procedure. i

Digging bar - sounds like it is a pry-bar.I have one but the far end (human end) is a nice large target for a sledgeor mallet.I've used it to roll large logs that were 36". They are useful in a numberof operations about the yard and farm/ranch.MartinIgnoramus2896 wrote:

How to quench a digging bar

May 03, 2010 22 Replies

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fran...123 16 years ago

I thought that thing you call a large target for the sledge was for tamping the dirt around the fence post.

Fran

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Ignoramus9556 16 years ago

Well, I do not have that, all I have is a abrupt end that is pretty useless.

This bar is so heavy that using it with a sledgehammer will not be productive (unless I get a 30 lbs sledge or smoething crazy like that).

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Ed Huntress 16 years ago

Hey, Alvin. 'Hangin' good. The bluefish are running around 12-15 pounds and the weather is beautiful -- what more could I ask for? d8-)

How about you?

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