[TheForge] spring steel help ????

[Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer]

At 01:10 PM 1/17/02, you wrote:


Not knowing how much movement the spring will have to take and assuming it 
is 5160 (?)
I'd guess that if you temper it to a pleasant blue it should be soft enough 
to both thread  and bend.
More conservative  would be to bend hot and anneal, then cut the threads 
and heat treat...Pete F



>I have to repair a antique chair that uses a piece of spring steel as
>its main support.
>The steel is a 5/8" diameter solid rod ,that is bent in a wide "U" shape
>and is threaded at each end.
>
>What I would like to know is if it  spring steel how do you bend it a
>tap it?
>
>Do you anneal it first then re harden it, and if so is there any
>special technique that is required for spring steel.
>
>Thanks for any info you can send me....
>Mike Wolfe
>
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