• madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Materials science is pretty amazing. You actually get different metal characteristics based on how something is cooled, at what temperature it’s heated, and how quickly it’s cooled.

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      18 hours ago

      Yep. Seen the same part be almost impossible to mill with TiC bits, annealed for like 30min and then it curls chips like no tomorrow. Re-quench and carbide again bounces off.

      Wild.