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Message: [QUOTE="lime away, post: 94847, member: 17308"] [b]Cutting fork springs[/b] Heating a spring to the point where you can square the end up is changing the temper of the wire. It is actually making the wire harder or brittle. This is going the cause it to fatigue and crack eventually. If anyone atempts to do this, I would suggest you stress relieve the spring at a temp of 500/600 degrees F for 30 minutes after heating and squaring. It would also be good to shot peen the end after stress relieving. [/QUOTE]