I f you are not an experienced engineer and have not previously worked with the modern 1% carbon steel (as against the 0.9% traditional), I would advice you to choose a Stainless Steel spring, especially if you want to shape the spring. and maybe go for a slightly thicker spring to make up for the fact that stainless steel springs are not as strong as the carbon steel ones.
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Spring Steel Wire - Hi Tensile-1m(3' 3") to 12m(39' 5") lengths-High Polished ROSLAU Wire. This high quality, hi tensile spring wire is flexible, bright polished, smooth and strong. Each wire length is carefully coiled by us, grip sealed and size marked ready to arrive at your door in mint condition.
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Material: Spring Steel / Stainless Steel.
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CS95 SPRING STEEL STRIP HARDEND AND TEMPERED 40 MM X 2 MM X 800 MM OLD STOCK, MAY HAVE LIGHT RUST AND TARNISHED SURFACES
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Product Description: Material: Stainless Steel A2 Diameter: 0.4mm 0.5mm 0.6mm 0.7mm 0.8mm 1.0mm 1.2mm 1.5mm 1.8mm 2mm Our steel wire spring wire is shipped by metre by default, if you buy 10 metres, we will send you 10 copies of 1 metre (if you need a continuous length, please note contact us) if you need more. contacting me to get discounts. Package Include: According to your choose.
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Spring Steel Wire - Hi Tensile-1m(3' 3") to 12m(39' 5") lengths-High Polished ROSLAU Wire. This high quality, hi tensile spring wire is flexible, bright polished, smooth and strong. Each wire length is carefully coiled by us, grip sealed and size marked ready to arrive at your door in mint condition.
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SizeThe knife blanks for knife making Come with 5 pcs silver flat steel bars measuring 12 x 2 x 1/8inches/30.5 x 5 x 0.3cm(L*W*Thickness), much quantity can meet your need for knife making or DIY, you can use these knife scales blanks to make any shape of the knife as you want.Good Quality MaterialThe steel bar is made of high carbon Spring Steel 1095 material and has been annealed, sturdy and durable, has a high level of hardness and toughness, very great for cutting tools, and the steel adopts a cold rolling process with a smooth surface, the precision of the incision, and is not easy to rust. Easy to OperateThese Spring Steel 1095 plates have been annealed in advance, which are easy to grind to get the shape you want, save your time and labor intensity, and improve the workability of the material.
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