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     Nickon51 Tinkerer Username: Nickon51 Post Number: 156 Registered: 05-2008 Rating: N/A |
You should google for hardening, it will give you a better idea than I can. Basically, you heat the spring to cherry red and then drop it into water. To heat it evenly, place it on a tray covered in a small layer of sand. Heat the tray from underneath until the whole spring is an even cherry red, then slide the the spring and sand off into a container of water waiting nearby. The spring will now be hard and brittle so you need to temper it. Polish the spring up and repeat the same proceedure but only heat to a straw colour, quench in water the same way. Should be good to go. For more info, have a look at some of the clock repair sites about making steel springs. Personally I would try the E string first without hardening. A Banjo B string is a bit thinner than a standard E string. Good Luck Greg Nixon |