Wait, hold on, did I read that right? That guy actually said what everyone's saying he did? I gotta say @hayden_rivera, I give you major credit for not just letting that slide. Most people freeze up in those moments. I've seen this play out before too, and the louder they are the less they actually know. You called it out and that's all you can do.

Hold up, I still water quench most of my carbon steel and haven't had a crack in years. Maybe your chisel geometry or normalization cycle was off instead of the quenchant.

You ever had that same problem where your bin just sits there forever? I feel you @noah_chen17, I went through the same thing my first winter. I live in a basement that barely hits 65 degrees in January, so my first batch took almost five months before I felt okay using it. The heat mat idea is solid, I actually wrapped a couple of those reptile heating pads around my bucket and that did the trick. Also grinding the eggshells finer made a huge difference for me too, they just break down way faster that way.