[TheForge] Fw: hardening steel

[David E. Smucker]

Dave,  You need to case harden the spring part.  This what was done 
historically on many very old firearms.

Do a google search under  < case hardening gun parts > there is a lot of 
information including so video.

Dave

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From: "Dave Kammer" <tinman36 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:31 AM
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TheForge] hardening steel

> I was looking for some advice on how to harden a small piece of steel. I 
> have an old shotgun with a broken hammer spring, Parts for this old gun 
> are unavailable, so I was able to make a duplicate but it is too soft of 
> steel. It needs to spring back and forth. The piece I made just bends when 
> put under pressure. Can some sort of heat treatment or hardening make it 
> become more spring-like?
>
>
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