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Guys, I made Rick Sparber's lathe tool height gauge . I made this disc that the lathe tool comes up underneath to to check height from 1045 steel. It's 0.50" thick, 2.0" in diameter with a 0.75" hole. It has a 1/4" threaded hole in the side for a set screw to secure the disc to its post. After making the gauge I thought about hardening at least the face of the disc so my lathe tools don't mar the face. I've never heat treated any steels before and don't have a forge. I thought about simply getting a hardened washer and epoxying it to the underside of the disc but was wondering if I could do something better. Should I get the face red hot and quench or make another disc out of A2 or W1 (which I have none of)? What would be a good way of going about this? Thanks.
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