[TheForge] forging tools from automotive coil springs

[David Childress]

Since I doubt that you went a bought a new spring I'll bet that you
found why it was replaced or soon would have been.  Used springs are
often cracked even if you can not see the cracks.  If you forge it and
it does not come apart then it was not, until then all bets are off.

David Childress
Rocky Forge Blacksmith Guild

On 12/30/06, Jim Guy <jguy1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I had a length of coil spring break in two in the forge.  It didn't burn (no sparks), just seem to fracture at a hot spot.  (this occurred more than once).  What happened?   It's a relatively new automotive coil spring and I vaguely remember someone talking about the metal composition of new springs are not good material to forge.  Is this what I encountered?
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