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Trigger Spring
Junkballer
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What is the best way to trim a tempered v- leaf trigger springs length ? I had to cut one with a dremel wheel and think it lost it's temper, I thought I kept it wet enough with water, apparently not, it lasted for 8 shots before breaking in the v section [B)]........any suggestions, hacksaw, grinder etc. ?
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
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"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
What I found was marking the cut line, clamping the spring to a piece of key stock and putting it in water to just above the cut line.
After cutting dress it down by hand to the cut line with abrasive stones.
quote:Originally posted by MIKE WISKEY
if it didn't change color when you cut it you didn't change it's 'temper'. if it broke, it was probably too hard to start.
Good catch. A spring that has lost temper will collapse instead of breaking.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
As stated- if a spring breaks it's too hard (not properly tempered.)