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Offline drewsbow

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heat treating spring steel
« on: March 31, 2009, 06:41:00 PM »
I hammered out a knife from a leaf out of a truck and need to heat treat it. Could someone recomend a good way to do this ? Thanks Drew
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Re: heat treating spring steel
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 09:02:00 PM »
Depending on the age of the truck, it's likely 5160 or something very close to it.  5160's nickname isn't OCS for nothing! (Old Chevy Spring)

You'll need to normalize it a few times.  Then take up to critical, quench in oil, and temper at 350-450 degrees depending on what your using the knife for.
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Re: heat treating spring steel
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2009, 07:44:00 PM »
Thanks Jeremy , Thats the way I did my file knife I'm working on . Thanks again. Drew
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