[TheForge] leaf spring for hammer

Thu Apr 11 22:51:00 2002

Make sure its not full of cracks too, some leaf springs Ive used for tools
were unusable because of so many fractures.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger R Degner" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] leaf spring for hammer

> 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.
> >
>
>
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