[TheForge] Temper or Harden steel

[John Allen]

You can get spring steel which has evetthing done for you.

Stainless Also has some springy to it

On 7/31/09, Dave Kammer <tinman36 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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? I couldn't figure out how to post a question on "The
> Forge" Forum so I thought I could send my question to a couple other
> subscribers. Thanks for any help you can provide.
> Dave tinman36 at yahoo.com
>
>
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