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That's the hazard of improvising. Don't know what the composition of safety pin steel is, beyond it being springy. Plus if the anneal is a little cool and the safety pin comes out a little hard and brittle that's ok for safety pin duty. Odds are that if it hadn't broken straight off the spring would have failed from stress fracture over time and per Murphy at a most inopportune moment.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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Have you tried Bolsa Gunsmithing in California? They have a lot of parts.
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An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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What Would Kingston Do? 
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Music wire can be bent and wound without heating. If there is a model airplane shop near they have it in all sizes. The packs from Brownell's are already spring steel. Don't heat or harden, temper. Flat springs are different and can snap if bent too far.
I never toss old springs and have coffee cans full to usually find one that works to reshape. Diaper pins are junk.
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So....how did your spring come out?
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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