Dave51B Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Yip, I'm as tickled as a 3 year old in a pack of puppies... Life is Good Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/8/2016 at 1:08 PM, Dave51B said: Smoggy, the only thing I know to do with it is to make a sword.........NOT lol Dave Okay, THAT'S funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgemaster Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Almost all of these types of springs (garage door springs etc) are heat treated in the straight form then rolled into a spring cold. If you need to pull a new eye out of the end it must be done cold. Using brute force is the best way I've found of doing this. Getting the eye hot will surely result in what has already been described, it will eventually break again. If you try to re heat treat the entire spring that does not work either as the spring has then lost its "tension". Try it and you'll understand what I'm saying. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Thanks JHCC, I do come up with one, every once in a while......he he, Maybe I'll just use it for a small drift and a punch or two. Forgemaster, I did have just a bit of knowledge on this, but not near enough to be sure of the results. Thanks for the confirmation. Sometimes I know just enough to fail..... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Forgemaster, thanks for the info. 1 hour ago, Dave51B said: Sometimes I know just enough to fail..... Dave Dave, sometimes don't we all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Just a final update on this. I got a chance to use the plow yesterday, and the spring worked as it should. As some of you already figured, no breaking, no cracking, and no stretching. Thanks again Life is good Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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