Oy Mate,
I do believe that Gunsmith head must be full of seaweed to turn down such an Easy job. All you need to do, is the following to retemper thine Mainspring:
1. Ye must heat thine Mainspring till it be glowin a nice cherry red or orange, then emediatly quench it in water (this will reharden it, it now needs to be tempered).
2. Polish thine Mainspring, the shinier the better (this will aid in the tempering pocess bellow).
3. There be two ways to go about the tempering of thine Mainspring, I shalt tell thee both ways.
a. Cook in heat treating oven at 850 degree F until thine spring turns light Blue in color, then emediatly quench in motor oil. Or,
b. Fill the bottom of a tin can with sand, placing thine spring on top of the sand, and place can on top of a fire (the sand will distribute the heat evenly over thine spring). watch for thine spring to turn light Blue in color, then emediatly quench in motor oil (this way takes a little longer then a oven, but is simple and effective).
Thats it, I hope this can be of some help to thee.
Cheers Mate!
Oy Mate,
I do believe that Gunsmith head must be full of seaweed to turn down such an Easy job. All you need to do, is the following to retemper thine Mainspring:
1. Ye must heat thine Mainspring till it be glowin a nice cherry red or orange, then emediatly quench it in water (this will reharden it, it now needs to be tempered).
2. Polish thine Mainspring, the shinier the better (this will aid in the tempering pocess bellow).
3. There be two ways to go about the tempering of thine Mainspring, I shalt tell thee both ways.
a. Cook in heat treating oven at 850 degree F until thine spring turns light Blue in color, then emediatly quench in motor oil. Or,
b. Fill the bottom of a tin can with sand, placing thine spring on top of the sand, and place can on top of a fire (the sand will distribute the heat evenly over thine spring). watch for thine spring to turn light Blue in color, then emediatly quench in motor oil (this way takes a little longer then a oven, but is simple and effective).
Thats it, I hope this can be of some help to thee.
Cheers Mate!