Coil Spring to Punch to Hammer Eye - GS Tongs

I buy a heavy coil spring, forge a punch, and punch an eye.
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Thanks so much. Glen

[@mckutzy]

An easy way of cutting springs, is lay a short weld bead on the coil whereabouts you need. The strike if off with a large hammer. Typically it should break off clean. Works great with leaf springs, and also railroad track...

[@gstongs]

I saw that on one of those Pakistan / India videos. Worked like magic for them. Thanks for sharing.

[@georgecalcei8068]

Glen, really anxious to receive my 4th hammer from you and it makes it even better to see it being made. All of your tools are far superior to others and I have been giving your hammers, top tools, guillotine tool and others a good workout. Thanks again for allowing me to see this one being forged!!!

[@gstongs]

I'm very glad to have you as a customer and supporter of the channel. Thanks George.

[@dennisobrien3618]

I have an old Machinist's Handbook, and it says coil springs are 1095 and leaf springs are 5160; maybe that coil spring you have falls under those guidelines. I imagine more modern springs may use other alloys in addition to the aforementioned steels. BTW, I have better luck cutting with an angle grinder fitted with a cutoff wheel than with a hacksaw, portable bandsaw, or torch on really thick pieces. The most difficult thing I've cut was a pair of forklift blades.

[@greasydot]

Go back into last month or so and he had a trip to the hospital due to the ever exploding cutoff wheel

[@dennisobrien3618]

@@greasydot That would explain not grabbing one as the first tool for the job. It's also good to keep in practice with non-power tools. Thanks for the info.

[@gstongs]

Your handbook seems to prove what I think about this coil spring. I'm trying to avoid my angle grinder as much as possible. Thanks for sharing Dennis.

[@gstongs]

That's exactly right and why I'm cutoff wheel shy!

[@gstongs]

Non-power tools are reasonable safe but with me you never know! Thanks.

[@kenbrundage5528]

Discarded, i.e. worn out springs from a junk yard, for instance, may have fatigued places that are discovered only after you have straightened and drawn down your punch. So, if you can, cut long enough pieces that you can start over, if need be.

[@gstongs]

That's a very good point and something I think I noticed on my coil spring. And I saw fatigue on a leaf spring I once found on a roadside. Thanks for sharing.

[@nppjbrown]

Glen, in Australia a lot of 4x4 owners upgrade their suspension to tow caravans. The workshops let me have as much coil and leaf spring as I want for free.

[@andynick01]

That' a great tip @nppjbrown - thanks!

[@gstongs]

It's a good tool steel to have but I've found it makes better cold use tools rather than hot use. Thanks for sharing.

[@gstongs]

Thanks for watching.

[@drason69]

"arm chair smithing" here, but H13 I've heard, is not a good struck tool steel, because it's more prone to chipping when cold. S7 makes a good struck tool. I'm always on the fence, for steels, due to "what can I get", vs "what I can find". Use what you have, but be cautious with it. Thanks Glen! 👍🙏🏼⚒️🔥

[@gstongs]

From my experience with H13, if you leave the striking end annealed or normalized, it's much softer than even straight high carbon steel. In fact, even completely hardened pieces have slowly mushroomed on me on the striking end rather than chip. But yeah, it's good to be cautious with all. Thanks.

[@brysonalden5414]

Always fun to work with mystery steel! I generally treat coil springs as though they're 5160, whether they are or not, and I've made some very usable top tools from coil spring. No rust problems!

[@gstongs]

I've found this coil spring to make better cold use tools, not so much so for hot use... Thanks Bryson.

[@jamysmith7891]

9260 is a relatively high silicon heavy duty coil spring steel I just know off hand

[@gstongs]

With this spring I have, there's no telling for sure. Thanks for watching.

[@MinionsSmithy]

Fun little video, thanks for sharing!

[@gstongs]

It's my pleasure Steve. Thanks.

[@peterreidy603]

Top effort mate, I find even the 1/2 inch coil spring hard to work with, so I take my hat off to you.

[@gstongs]

For sure this coil spring is not easy to work with but it makes good cold use tools, hot use less so... Thanks.

[@zumbazumba1]

Brother if you think thats bad i once hacksawed trough 120 mm marine grade a4 peace of stainless steel -it took me 6h and 10 bahco blades but i did it!

[@gstongs]

And you lived to tell the tale! Thanks for watching and sharing.

[@robertsimmons3556]

Always interesting, always learn something new! Good post Glen!

[@gstongs]

Thanks for watching Robert. Have a great holiday season my friend.

[@robertsimmons3556]

Back at you my friend!

[@robertwhitney2232]

That was interesting you could cut that spring with a hacksaw. At the guild we have to watch the new guys, that they don't use the band saw to cut springs. Takes the teeth off in one pass of a new blade. 😥

[@gstongs]

Yeah, you'd have to keep an eye on me if I was there! At the end of the day, I found the hacksaw blades to be actually pretty good. But they are not at all suited to cutting this coil spring. Thanks Robert.

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

Be happy you found one, I can’t do any better locally than old garage springs. Thinnnnnnn

[@gstongs]

And it seems I have a wide range of choice in those shops. But the unknown steel aspect is perplexing. Good luck in all Crystal and have a great holiday season.

[@a-k-jun-1]

Looks like a spring from railroad box car spring pack

[@gstongs]

Could be though I'm not really sure. Thanks for watching.

[@ronthacker211]

Always a pleasure

[@gstongs]

Thanks Ron.

[@willlothridge3197]

Cut off disc beats hack saw. I buy Morse blades and they definitely aren’t cheap

[@gstongs]

I've since found these Morse blades to be pretty good. Just not suited to cutting coil spring but excellent for mild or medium carbon steels. Thanks.

[@craigljardine]

Great job

[@gstongs]

Thanks Craig

[@mitchglapek4809]

There is tool they call it grinder

[@carlkulyk366]

Use some oil or wax when using your hacksaw

[@preoco8241]

add some lubrication when cutting hard steel with hacksaw

[@Franciscocosta9861]

Por que não resfria a ponta dofurado de olhau?

[@Sobo.deso93]

👍🇮🇩

[@gstongs]

Thanks.

[@FunHobbies225]

u got screwed big time on price lol i bought one same round size big way taller and wider coil 27$ had 10 foot of steel on it and 5160 yours was a small spring

[@hassinejerbi6711]

موسع بالك ولله

[@akbarrezai3297]

درود وسپاس از فیلم خوبتون

[@gstongs]

Thanks for watching.