On Tuesday 24 April 2018 21:22:00 Ed wrote: > On 04/24/2018 06:53 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > After 6+ months, gun farts has not shipped the magazine spring I > > need to finish the conversion to a smaller cartridge in old meat in > > the pot. > > > > This is a flat leaf, bent in the shape of a W. S/B nominally 1/2 to > > 5/8" wide, folded at 3 places around a 3/32 drill shank. What spec > > of steel do I need? and how do I heat treat it to put the spring > > into it once its been shaped/bent properly? > > > > Blued steel carton strapping is about what it should look like and > > its about the right thickness, but that stuff is pretty soft, and I > > doubt it could be hardened enough to make this. > > > > Thanks all. > > McMaster Carr has what you need. Blue temper spring steel. Now I gotta > find the time to do mine. > > > What size you need? I have 25 ft of .016 x 1/2 1095 blue temper. Can > mail some. > > > Ed. > I might take you up on that if I can't find where I squirreled away about 20 feet of strapping. But I also just ordered another lookalike from gun farts, so we'll see if that fits first.
Thanks to everyone that replied. Good pointers all.> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
