[TheForge] spring temper for brass question

Thu Mar 11 20:27:00 2004

Hi Frosty,

How do you anneal ............with soft rock, classical, or oldies?

Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] spring temper for brass question

> Work hardenable metals can be hardened with vibration. Place a speaker on
> it's back and place the part to be hardened on the speaker face. Secure it
> with tape, rubber bands, etc. so it stays put. Then play bassy music,
> checking at regular intervals till it suits your needs.
>
> If you over harden it, anneal and do it again. Keeping notes is important.
> Different alloys take different lengths of time and probably prefer
> different music.
>
> A more sophisticated approach would be to test for the resonant frequency
of
> a particular material and duplicate it or the proper multiple/fraction(?)
> for best effect.
>
> A road trip in the trunk of a car on a gravel road will do the same thing
> but is less controlled though more fun. <grin>
>
> Frosty
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