>
>Thanks for all the replies. It would not appear to be the correct steel to
>use for springs, being too ductile.
>
// I am trying to find out more about this. However, as in beer, there
are different brews of austenitic steel. My guess is that some types
have a temper-memory, and do not require tempering after being heated and
bent. The type of "piano wire" sold in model aeroplane shops can be
heated to orange-heat and bent -sans-re-tempering -without loosing its
springiness.
>
cheers, Peter
- R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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