[TheForge] Fw: hardening steel

[David Childress]

I do not know about historically, but the best way is to get some
spring steel and harden and drawn-back.  My uncle used to do this for
small parts with a MAPP gas/Oxy torch.

David Childress
Rocky Forge Blacksmith Guild

On 7/31/09, David E. Smucker <davesmucker at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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