[TheForge] leaf spring for hammer

Thu Apr 11 15:34:01 2002

You need to heat the spring, bend it, harden and then retemper.  No
annealing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Kretchmar" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:37 AM
Subject: [TheForge] leaf spring for hammer


> Hi all,
>      Got a heating question.  I am putting together the toggle arm for my
junk yard power hammer and I am using an old car leaf spring for the spring
which holds the hammer.  I need to bend it into a U shape and still maintain
its "springy " qualities.  I have a small forge. Any suggestions? How much
annealing should I plan on doing.
>