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Old 11-03-03, 06:04
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Graeme Jamieson
 
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Lightbulb tenpering spring steel

Thinking back to my metallurgy classes I remember spring steel requires triple tempering to stop it fom breaking in service. To do this just polish your components to a shine then bring to a deep straw colour with the gas axe and oil quench immediately. This needs to be repeated 3 times in total. Make sure you dont shinge your whiskers when you plunge it into the oil
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