[TheForge] hemostats and springs

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Lee;
Wonder if somebody had run hardfacing on one side of that "spring"?
Perhaps it's a remnant of a harrow tooth or plow blade?
Now quit driving your backhoe upside down!....pf

lee robbins wrote:
> One is hemostats.  These are locking clamps in
> stainless steel used to
>  close 
> off (clamp) in surgery.  I have sometimes seen them in
> a few catalogs
>  but 
> think I picked mine up at flea markets for a few
> dollars each.  Someone
>  that 
> maybe able to tell you where to find some a low cost
> is your friendly
>  vet.
> 
> When i worked locum tenens in New Mexico, all the ER's
> found it cheaper to buy Pakistani/indian surgical
> instruments in disposable form, instead of sterilizing
> instruments. Amazing, a kelly clamp, forceps, scissor
> and needle holder for 6 dollars.
> 
> thanks Ron, Andy, Dave et al. for the spring info.
> 
>  I had an old feathered edge leaf spring that i found
> in the field while digging. I heated it and it formed
> large crystals and was so hard it dulled my carbide
> blade to worthlessness. Does that make sense to
> anyone. the crystals were at one side of the spring
> and the other side cut like normal steel with sheen.
> the hard side was brittle and cracked under the blade
> cutting on a vertical lie, and horizontally it was
> just polished by the carbide blade.
> 
> something new and fascinating every day.
> Lee Robbins
> Flying Tortoise Forge 
> 
> 
> 
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