markh Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hi. Has anyone ever made a knife from a coiled race car spring? How did you heat treat and temper? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalMuncher Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 If you could get one, I'm sure it would do great. Tell us how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I bet someone has. However it is what the steel is rather than what it us crrently used for that counts. Typically coil springs do fine for knives. I cannot type the how to do heat treat in this space. It is covered in bp0078 very well . May be a good idea to print a shop copy. Have fun and remember at times used springs have some cracks..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I bet they would make really fast knives :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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