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Spring steel sheet. - Highpower - 03-19-2014
Any suggestions on how to straighten out a roll of blue spring steel sheet and get it flat again - without a set of sheet metal rollers to work with?
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RE: Spring steel sheet. - Highpower - 03-21-2014
OK then. Almost 50 views and the silence is deafening. I guess I have my answer.
For the record, I feel the same way about it.
RE: Spring steel sheet. - DaveH - 03-21-2014
Willie,
Without a set of rollers - really difficult.
I know it can be straightened by heating and hammering it flat, but takes a lot of practice and skill. Not sure what to do if it ends up full of hammer marks
DaveH
RE: Spring steel sheet. - f350ca - 03-21-2014
Willie, sometimes its better to keep your mouth shut and look stupid than say something and remove all doubt.
RE: Spring steel sheet. - TomG - 03-21-2014
Dave has a set of rollers, send it to him. :)
Try dragging it across the corner of a 2x4 with as much pressure as you can muster. How thick is the stuff?
Tom
RE: Spring steel sheet. - DaveH - 03-21-2014
(03-21-2014, 06:04 PM)TomG Wrote: Dave has a set of rollers, send it to him. :)
Tom
DaveH
RE: Spring steel sheet. - Highpower - 03-21-2014
(03-21-2014, 04:43 PM)f350ca Wrote: Willie, sometimes its better to keep your mouth shut and look stupid than say something and remove all doubt.
Good point Greg.
RE: Spring steel sheet. - wrustle - 03-25-2014
(03-19-2014, 10:13 PM)Highpower Wrote: Any suggestions on how to straighten out a roll of blue spring steel sheet and get it flat again - without a set of sheet metal rollers to work with?
How about buying a "flat" of blue spring steel instead?
RE: Spring steel sheet. - Highpower - 03-26-2014
A friend of mine bought this for a project because the 50" roll (.010") was the same price as a 25" flat, so it was more economical. He asked me if I could straighten a couple of pieces for him, but I'm not familiar with sheet metal work don't have any type of sheet metal roller.
Ah well, at least I got to entertain a couple of folks with a stupid question, eh?
RE: Spring steel sheet. - f350ca - 03-26-2014
No such a thing as a stupid question, but here you'll get our stupid answers.