Hi Ken, thanks for the suggestion. At risk of sounding like a miser, I'd not planned to spend much cash . It's got me thinking though. If the heat could be regulated accurately enough and then use a sand 'jacket' around the beaker on the hot plate it should act like a kiln.
The question now is. If, the molten salts could constantly be held at exactly the right temperature, would the workpiece stay the same colour whether it's dipped in just long enough, or, left in for a minute or two ?
Would the oxide layer stay the same colour or would it's thickness or density alter and change the colour or go dull with scale?
I wanted to see if it was possible to wire the whole batch of parts together and do them all in one go.
If the difference in time, albeit seconds, that different sized pieces will reach the temperature of the salts around them wasn't an issue, it could be a time saver.
Last edited by El Garro; 05/04/17 06:38 PM.
