Small Parts 21125 High Carbon Steel Wire, Mill Finish #2B (Smooth) Finish, Grade #2B Smooth, Full Hard Temper, Meets ASTM A228 Specifications, 0.125" Diameter, 24' Length, Precision
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This is not a question about the product (carbon steel), but rather a physics and chemistry problem. You can search online for information about how much harder carbon steel is than regular steel. Although carbon steel is hard to bend, bending back and forth can lead to it breaking if it bends backward or forward (it is used to make springs).
By heating this wire to cherry red with a torch and letting it cool in the air, you will soften it so that it will be able to be bent or straightened. If you want it to be bent 90 degrees sharply, you might want to do it while it is still very remove the hard spring steel temper, but you can recreate that by carefully reheating it to the correct temperature (not red hot, just not until it turns yellow or brown). On the internet you can find instructions for heat treating high carbon wire.
It is true.
The wire you are looking for is the right wire. I made a small hand crank winder with different sized winding rods for different diameter springs and made springs with a 1/2" dia. There is no problem with the 8" wire (brake return springs for golf carts).
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For the last few years, I've been making custom springs from this high-quality steel With a torch, I heat the steel wire to red and then let it cool in air on a rack until it is soft enough to bend and cut easily. Once cooled, I can form it to the shape I Here's what I'd like to say You can harden it by heating it to red and then cooling it in a cup of water quickly. Once it has cooled in the air, I return the sprung temper by gently heating it to blue (but not too much), and then letting it cool. It is not all high-tension wire that is high-tensile This kind of wire has carbon content, so it can't be used to make springs. You need this kind of metal.
I haven't broken it even after folding it tightly in half.
A thick object like this has no purpose to me. Come on, we can do.
The material is difficult to bend. The crinoline steel was made with this. I found it difficult to bend, but was still able to do so, and it ended well. The result of a single roll is three The top tier is comprised of four different levels.
There is a wire here. It is exactly what was described, fully hardened. Since this wire is very hard, most normal wire cutters will not cut it unless they were.
Exactly what I was looking for to make my springs out of. You'll have a difficult time cutting and bending this stuff!.
This is a very nice piece of work.
In this case, I wasn't able to use it since the gauge of this wire is determined entirely differently than in jewelry wire (for which I intend to use it). The item was returned to the seller.
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