[TheForge] 1045 uses
[email protected]
[email protected]
Wed Feb 19 10:53:01 2003
In a message dated 2/19/2003 10:25:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
> Lastly, used springs can have stress fractures from use and abuse,
> which may become apparent only after the
> die made from them is hardened...when it can crack from
> previous stresses.
Absolutely correct! Having been in the spring industry for years, I would not recommend using used springs to create tools for use under a power hammer. NEW spring steel, heat treated properly, makes fine tools, however.