Jim Coffee Well-Known Member Dec 30, 2014 #1 Been wanting to try my hand at building a slipjoint. My question is what type of steel do most of you guy's use for the back spring? Thanks
Been wanting to try my hand at building a slipjoint. My question is what type of steel do most of you guy's use for the back spring? Thanks
SBuzek Well-Known Member Dec 30, 2014 #2 I use cpm 154 for the blade and spring. Temper the spring at 1135 for 2 hours. Stan
JPSWorks Well-Known Member Dec 30, 2014 #3 Hello Jim, I ran out of cpm154 when I started to make my first slip joint. I decided to make two of them with AEB-L. Both the spring and blade are AEB-L. I am very happy with how they turned out. I will try cpm154 soon though. John
Hello Jim, I ran out of cpm154 when I started to make my first slip joint. I decided to make two of them with AEB-L. Both the spring and blade are AEB-L. I am very happy with how they turned out. I will try cpm154 soon though. John
