[TheForge] spring steel help ????

[Larry]

Are you making a new spring, or repairing the old one?  If repairing,
anneal, thread, harden and temper.  If making a new one, get annealed new
steel, form, thread and heat treat and temper.  How long is the stock?  You
may be able to get the heat treating done in a local truck spring repair
shop that re-arches truck springs.

Larry

Mike Wolfe wrote:

> 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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