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Old 12-21-2003, 10:31 AM
cactusforge cactusforge is offline
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First of all stress fractures are one of the reasons I use virgin steel, I got tired of finding the cracks after working on a blade for quite a while then finding the crack and junking the piece.
I don't think that the welding trick will work. Memory is when a spring remembers it's curve and goes back to it when cold and some times it won't EVER straighten out. I have had this happen
and nothing I did to straighten it out worked and I did every thing I could think of, Forging won't, annealing won't, normalizing won't. Another reason to use virgin steel. The only suggestion in using old leaf springs and yes I will use them sometimes is to tell the customer what you used. And never even try to use a spring that has been broken or came from a spring pack that has been broken or over stressed and straightened out. Be very picky. Gib


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