Does it take a lot of heating to get the spring out of the wire? I don't seem to notice a big difference after heating it but maybe I'm not doing it for long enough?
What's the proper way to anneal wire?
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Heat it until it is a dull orange. Let it cool to room temperature on its own in the air.
The technical explanation is you need to bring the metal to be annealed up to its curie point, then let it cool slowly back to room temperature.
The technical explanation is you need to bring the metal to be annealed up to its curie point, then let it cool slowly back to room temperature.
One thing you ask yourself is even if I Fully Anneal a Metal Alloy correctly, how Hard was the Alloy to start with?
If something like a 316 SS Wire was 1/4 Hard to start with, Fully Annealing it might Not Change it as much as you want/think it should.
In Lay Terms, annealing Doesn't make a Metal Alloy Ductile and Malleable. It makes a Metal Alloy as Ductile and Malleable as it can be.
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