Coil springs off of a new Subaru

[Bret]

Guys across the street from my work build Custom Subarus. They just leave all the take-off parts outside for anyone to take. Saw a set of coil springs from the suspention system out there and asked the guy he said I could have em. Wondering if there was a way to determine what they are made of? or if anyone had a good idea what they might be?

[tell]

Guys across the street from my work build Custom Subarus. They just leave all the take-off parts outside for anyone to take. Saw a set of coil springs from the suspention system out there and asked the guy he said I could have em. Wondering if there was a way to determine what they are made of? or if anyone had a good idea what they might be?

 

 

G Day mate most springs are 1250 - 1260 spring steel good for knife or cutting blades

 

 

cheers tell

[Jason Taylor]

They are made of "spring steel".... get it? Forge em out and they should make fine blades, pretend they are 5160 and your heat treat should be very close.

[Bret]

LOL ok I figured good blades, why I grabbed em. I'll try heat treating like 5160 and see how it works out. Got all 4 springs figure 2-4 knives each easily so I'll have plenty to play with. Wish me luck and thanks for your input

[Doug Lester]

You know that they're spring steel so they should be of an alloy that will make a good knife and the price was right, the only thing to watch for is that used springs can have fatigue fractures in them. I'd forge them out flat and give them a good look before spending my time making a knife.

 

Doug Lester