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Quenching an enormous gear.

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Previously: https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2504#post96473

This looks to be a double helical herringbone style drive pinion shaft possibly destined to be installed in a rolling mill or a huge pump drive

That's what it looks like to me too Frank

What would the quenching liquid be?