[TheForge] Spring steel Gun Part

[Jonathan Barnhart]

First off, did you check with Dixie gun works out of TN?  They have a lot of parts for very antique guns.  Further more if they don't have the exact spring they may have one that is close enough to make it work.  Further more I know for a fact that they carry make your own spring steel stock as well as books on making springs for guns.  If you have the stock and have it shaped right and you follow what most everyone has already said about tempering, you should come out fine.

Go here:  www.dixiegun.com

Further more, if you are into old guns, especially blackpowder stuff, it is always worth the $5 to get a catalog from them.  

This all just remeinds me that I don't have a current catalog and need to make another trip down to their store for some stuff.  Plus there's a really good motocycle junkyard on the way down.  Need parts for the project bike as well.


--- On Tue, 12/8/09, smith at blacksmithing.org <smith at blacksmithing.org> wrote:

> From: smith at blacksmithing.org <smith at blacksmithing.org>
> Subject: [TheForge] Spring steel Gun Part
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: tinman36 at yahoo.com
> Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 8:31 AM
> Dave Kammer wrote:
> [snip]   Can heat treating or tempering make
> the part more springy?
> 
> IF the part is an oil hardening tool tool steel, heat it to
> critical,
> oil quench, temper at 650F. Molten lead is just about the
> right temp and
> was the traditional way to make match lock springs. Use
> plenty of
> ventilation and remember that it's easy to run the temp
> over the melting
> point (think ice-water-steam & a melt temp of 32 F).
> 
> Steve Bloom (Ironflower Forge, FABA)
> 
> 
> 
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