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Re: Making new ends on recoil springs
« on: April 02, 2014, 10:48:01 am »
You are correct Roger. Too hot and quench in water = brittle, quench in oil = softer but usually it takes two heatings and two quenches to do it correctly. A really good blacksmith can do it in one heating. Heating to correct temp is critical and IIRC is actually done by color.
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