Klarinet Archive - Posting 001337.txt from 1997/08

From: "Leo van Zantvoort" <leovz@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: Blue steel vs. regular
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 08:46:45 -0400

On Sat, 30 Aug 1997 13:05:05 -0500 (CDT), Gary Hopkins wrote:

>Blue steel, as in blue steel springs, is steel that has been treated with
>either hot or cold bluing. The same stuff they use on guns to help retard
>rusting. It is only a finish.

It is not only a finish. The methode of hardening the spring be the cause of hardening the surface, and
leave the core tough. The reson is that the spring has the elasticity of a full hardend spring, but the
toughness of a unhardend spring. In other words, it wil not break as fast. as a hardend spring, and it wil
not bend as easy as a unhardend spring.

Leo (the spelling crack) van Zantvoort

   
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