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<blockquote data-quote="PeterT" data-source="post: 5730" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>The issue is: spring steel needs to be heated to a specific (annealed) temperature with a torch or similar so that it becomes ductile & can be bent to your desired shape. If you try to bend it as-is, chances are it will yield, weaken or break. Hard to guess the outcome without seeing where 'an inch' is. So assuming it was heated & re-shaped, that's the relatively easy part. The challenge is you now have a soft metal state that has lost its strength & springiness (at minimum in that area where heat was applied but likely also further down the rod by conduction). So the ideally the original heat treat & tempering procedure would have to be replicated to give it back its properties. Typically that requires a quench bath & specific temperature monitoring which was probably the original manufacturing process. I'm not saying this is 'for sure' but generally how semi-hardened spring steel parts are made. Yes, some pics might help understand what's involved.</p><p></p><p>This can get overly technical but check out this YouTube vid for a simple overview: <strong>Tempering spring steel, blacksmithing, bushcraft, forge</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>I wonder if the mountaineering shops can give you some advice, or are you already past this point?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PeterT, post: 5730, member: 22"] The issue is: spring steel needs to be heated to a specific (annealed) temperature with a torch or similar so that it becomes ductile & can be bent to your desired shape. If you try to bend it as-is, chances are it will yield, weaken or break. Hard to guess the outcome without seeing where 'an inch' is. So assuming it was heated & re-shaped, that's the relatively easy part. The challenge is you now have a soft metal state that has lost its strength & springiness (at minimum in that area where heat was applied but likely also further down the rod by conduction). So the ideally the original heat treat & tempering procedure would have to be replicated to give it back its properties. Typically that requires a quench bath & specific temperature monitoring which was probably the original manufacturing process. I'm not saying this is 'for sure' but generally how semi-hardened spring steel parts are made. Yes, some pics might help understand what's involved. This can get overly technical but check out this YouTube vid for a simple overview: [B]Tempering spring steel, blacksmithing, bushcraft, forge [/B] I wonder if the mountaineering shops can give you some advice, or are you already past this point? [/QUOTE]
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