wws wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote in message

grill and it was suggested that a music wire cotter pin might be
used in
it's design.

Yeah, music wire would not be a good choice, unless it doesn't matter
if
it's quickly softened. If you need real hardness at that temperature
(and
I'm guessing that you don't really need very much), high-speed steel
is the
solution. That's a little extreme, but it will hold its full hardness
up to
around 1,000 deg. F.

Note that a convenient source for the pin might be a broken or dull,
small size HSS drill.

Ted