Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 25 April 2018 09:55:15 andy pugh wrote: > On 25 April 2018 at 14:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 5/8" wide might need some grinding of the edge as I recall the ends > > are tapered on at least one end. Will the grinding lead to early > > fatigue cracks? > > How many magazines full do you

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2018 at 14:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > 5/8" wide might need some grinding of the edge as I recall the ends are > tapered on at least one end. Will the grinding lead to early fatigue > cracks? How many magazines full do you expect to get through? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 25 April 2018 06:33:52 andy pugh wrote: > On 25 April 2018 at 00:53, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 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 t

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2018 at 00:53, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-24 Thread Gene Heskett
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, be

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 24 April 2018 20:41:43 Kirk Wallace wrote: > On 04/24/2018 04:53 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 fla

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-24 Thread Ed
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 pla

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-24 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 04/24/2018 04:53 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 pla

Re: [Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-24 Thread jeremy youngs
5150 , do you have a kiln ? It will need bent, normalized . Treated then tempered . It's the temper that will be most difficult . I would think somewhere between 4-600 degrees at a 2 hour soak, exact temp will be trial and error , so you should probably make several. A pid controlled melting pot ma

[Emc-users] Need to make a W shaped magazine spring

2018-04-24 Thread Gene Heskett
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