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metal question #57863 09/23/07 06:57 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 80 Phila. PA nialpatrickmac OP Junior Member
OP nialpatrickmac Junior Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 80 Phila. PA	Anyone ever have the tip of a firing pin welded, reshaped and then hardened? Is it even possible? Can weld be of high carbon steel? If possible, any reccomendations? nial Last edited by nialpatrickmac; 09/23/07 06:57 PM.

Re: metal question nialpatrickmac #57868 09/23/07 07:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,762 Likes: 462 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause Sidelock
Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,762 Likes: 462 AZ but dreaming of KS	A four part series about repair of a broken striker tip was just completed in the May/June Double Gun Classics e-zine http://www.doublegunclassics.com/alt/DGCMayJune07.pdf https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: metal question Drew Hause #57889 09/23/07 09:20 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 692 New Jersey Bill G. Sidelock
Bill G. Sidelock Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 692 New Jersey	Nial, It is no problem to add a bit of weld to the tip of the firing pin. You could use a variety of different filler rods but I would probably use 4140 so that the tip would be hard after welding. E-mail me if you need some help and we could talk about it. bill@aeweld.com Bill G.

Re: metal question Bill G. #57912 09/23/07 11:18 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19 Torrance, CA Chuck H Sidelock
Chuck H Sidelock Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19 Torrance, CA	Nial, I haven't welded up a firing pin, but I know it should be straight forward. But I'm of a machining background and have simply machined a new one when confronted with this. I believe it's about the same or less work to make a completely new pin in most cases.

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