I absolutely love and enjoy this stuff so much, I'm 37 and have done metal work for years, but got into gunsmithing and serious about firearms a few years ago. I can watch the true masters work all day. Still trying to afford the parts to put the upper of my first AR together, especially in these days every man should have at least one! Love you guys and love watching a d listening to the o;d timers,, much respect for my elders, especially when they're Copland have such a wealth of knowledge! Thanks for the videos, y'all have inspired me so much. Stay safe, from my family to yours, God Bless
Notice how they killed the lights while he heats the metal. It's quite important to work in dim light so as to be able to gauge the metal color/temp correctly. Artificial light on the job can easily make you overheat the metal.
This is very useful for all types of flat spring making, including model engineering. I bought book on the subject and it was full of mathematical detail and how to shape it, but there was nothing on the material or how to heat treat it. The hardening method is the same with all , but some temper by dipping in molten lead, others by immersing it in oil and burning off the oil. This is the first time I saw this method. Will any oil do, where would you get sperm whale oil?
OMG! It put a big smile in my face to see that spring come out perfect. I tried so hard to make these springs with very little success. I wonder if vehicle spring steel would work as I have no access to special steel suppliers in my country.
