Mike Irwin
Staff
I'm attempting to recase harden the sear seat on the hammer for an S&W Model 29. I had to recut the sear seat after some jackass attacked it with a file in an attempt to lighten the trigger pull. You can imagine what happened to it -- the hammer pushes off.
Well, I've got the seat recut, have good engagement, no push off, etc., but now that I'm attempting to reharden it, I can't get it hot enough to take the Casenit!
I'm using a propane torch with two heat sinks made from flexible copper tubing, which I've cut with fins, all held with an old pair of channel locks. I'm holding the heat sinks about mid-line through the line drawn between the pivot hole and the hole for the stirrup pin.
Any suggestions? Move/remove 1 or both of the heat sinks and just use the channel locks?
I'm afraid of changing the color too much on the rest of the hammer, or softening it.
Well, I've got the seat recut, have good engagement, no push off, etc., but now that I'm attempting to reharden it, I can't get it hot enough to take the Casenit!
I'm using a propane torch with two heat sinks made from flexible copper tubing, which I've cut with fins, all held with an old pair of channel locks. I'm holding the heat sinks about mid-line through the line drawn between the pivot hole and the hole for the stirrup pin.
Any suggestions? Move/remove 1 or both of the heat sinks and just use the channel locks?
I'm afraid of changing the color too much on the rest of the hammer, or softening it.