On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:28:18 -0000, "Fred" wrote:

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| Hi;
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| Any know how to make a bend in a small spring from my door lock?
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| I have a lock with a broken bend at one end. The steel is quiet thick
| like the lead from a propelling pencil and has about 1/2 dozen turns.
| If I can soften this spring and remake the bent by undoing one turn I
| think I could remake the spring. Given I can remake it springy!
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| I have never known if this is possible as usually my attempts at
| rebending springs usually ends with it breaking off again.
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| Any ideas?
|
| Regards
| Ian
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|Heat just the bit of spring you want to bend in a flame to blue and gently
|remove it from the flame to cool slowly. It should lose it's temper and
|bend without breaking.

Then how do you temper it again without the facilities of an engineering
factory?
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