General | Bending Spring Steel - Practical Machinist
2004年8月3日 · The steel is 1095 spring steel, it's .032 thick by .200 wide. I've tried bending it as is--it just snapped. I tried annealing the ends with an oxy-acetylene torch: one bend out of four worked there. I also tried annealing with a band-blade welder, which really didn't work--it just made the steel terribly brittle and weak.
General | how to make flat spring?? Newbie - Practical Machinist
2007年5月3日 · You can also buy ready to use hardened spring steel in various size long strips. Not heat treating it saves some headaches. See the listing of clock spring steel on P. 36 of the Coles Power Models price list. Coles price list By the way, you can stack two or more layers of thin strips of spring steel to get the effect of a single thick spring.
Heat treating annealed 1095 spring steel - Practical Machinist
2015年4月9日 · Set spring on heavy stainless plate, put in oven, and dial back to 1,475F. From that point, cooked for 15 minutes including time for oven to come back up (about three minutes). Pull plate and spring together, tilt the plate, and let it fall into the quench oil.
Flat spring steel, source, and how to drill it?
2003年1月12日 · MSC sells 1095 spring steel.It is not listed in 5/16.It is listed in .022",but in 1/4",and 3/8" widths.The 1/4 is $121.35. the other is same price,but shorter length.the smaller is 350',larger id 240'.Other place is Precision Steel Whse.,Charlotte,N.C..1-704-394-3341.I think they changed the area code to 336.This is 1990 info.Trouble is,there was abt.a $250.00 …
Quick and simple way to clean flat spring steel of oils?
2014年6月15日 · Hello, I am wanting to ask for advice on a simple, effective, and hopefully inexpensive way of removing the steel mill oil and finger oils from laser cut flat 1075 spring steel parts that we sell. Parts are 0.020" thick and can range in …
Forming Small Flat Stock Spring Forms- Tips Needed
2013年6月19日 · A good oven is needed for heat treat though. Another good spring steel is 1095A and is easy to form and heat treat is a breeze by simply heating to cherry red and quenching immediately in oil. 300 series SS half or full hard will give you the same fracturing problems on tight bends.
Gunsmithing | Heat Treating Mainspring - Practical Machinist
2005年1月19日 · The spring is the normal Hi Wall flat spring, which is long with a foot on the end that makes it a bit difficult to make from the flat. Wisner's has the spring available for about the same cost as the raw casting and that is probably the course I will follow if not successful.
Can coiled flat spring be welded? - Practical Machinist
2010年1月16日 · Try grinding a lap of about an inch for each broken end. The grind temp should anneal/temper the steel enough to drill through the springs. Drill and countersink 2 holes and put a couple steel rivets in there along the centerline of the spring. Do one silver solder, one butt weld (if you can find a blade welder heavy enough to weld the steel ...
Newbie milling spring steel - Practical Machinist
2007年8月4日 · Two of the parts I need to make are landing gear legs made from 1/2" spring steel. I had the leg blanks water jet cut to design and now I want to mill a 1" radius on the edges. I am using a HSS concave milling cutter 4-1/4" x 1" x 1-1/4" I have milled some aluminum and other steel parts without incident.
General - Archive | drilling spring steel | Practical Machinist ...
2004年12月7日 · Here's what I have done to drill thin spring steel... A spear-point glass and tile drill! Really! You have to be super steady and apply a lot of feed pressure. As soon as the tip starts to show through on the other side, stop and turn the workpiece so that you can drill from the other side. And the speed has to be soooo slow...