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Title: heat treating spring steel
Post by: drewsbow on March 31, 2009, 06:41:00 PM

I hammered out a knife from a leaf out of a truck and need to heat treat it. Could someone recomend a good way to do this ? Thanks Drew

Title: Re: heat treating spring steel
Post by: Jeremy on March 31, 2009, 09:02:00 PM

Depending on the age of the truck, it's likely 5160 or something very close to it.  5160's nickname isn't OCS for nothing! (Old Chevy Spring)

You'll need to normalize it a few times.  Then take up to critical, quench in oil, and temper at 350-450 degrees depending on what your using the knife for.

Title: Re: heat treating spring steel
Post by: drewsbow on April 01, 2009, 07:44:00 PM

Thanks Jeremy , Thats the way I did my file knife I'm working on . Thanks again. Drew