[TheForge] Steel for Strikers (flint sources?)

[dann at wctatel.net]

Try salvage garage door torsion springs.  When heated and unrolled, a
salvage coil makes many of feet of steel.  If you want new, go to an
overhead  garage door place.  They make replacement springs to suit and
may have some cheaper "scrap" odds and ends.

IF  you quench the newly made striker quickly in cold water, it should
throw very hot sparks, but may be so brittle that it can break like glass
when dropped on concrete.

Dann

> I use 1095. It produces the most consistant sparks.  It isn't cheap unless
> you
> use old springs.  If you aren't making too many, you could use old car
> springs.
> If you have access to a junk yard, pick up a bunch of old springs.  I had
> to
> make a few hundred so I invested in some stock (1/4 x 1/2). It required
> less
> work than flattening the springs.
>
> BTW:  Anyone know where I can get some flint flakes?  I need a couple of
> hundred
> to sell with my strikers this summer.  My source dried up and someone on
> this
> list sent me some a few years back, but I don't remember who....Mike?
>
> Advice anyone?
>
> Dan
>
> Quoting John Elliott <JElliott at sycomtech.com>:
>
>> Ok if you needed to buy off the shelf steel to use for flint strikers
>> what
>> would be the best/lowest cost?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> John
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