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Can you make springs?

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John S-B

02-05-2002 17:11:46




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I have several restoration projects going and some of the springs on the machinery needs to be replaced. I'm not sure if I can find replacement parts that will match so I wondered if anybody has made their own springs? If not where is a good source of springs? I thought I might try using some spring steel and heating it red hot and wrapping around pipe or round stock, don't know if that would take the spring out of the steel. Some of the springs are 1/16 or 1/8 thick ( the thickness of the steel not the coils )and some are maybe 3/8's thick. Has anyone tried doing this? Let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks JSB

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Dick L

02-10-2002 11:37:51




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 Re: Can you make springs? in reply to John S-B, 02-05-2002 17:11:46  
I had some special springs made up at a spring factory in Michigan a few years back and they wound them cold. They used a machine that looked like a lathe, with a spool of wire back and above that run through a wire straightener and a tention device and the wire was rapped tight around a mandrel. The guy made me 4 springs in about five minutes. He used a hand tool to twist the ends to the shape I needed while they were still on the mandrel. He told me that he was making them on a machine that they used to make up samples. I didn't get to watch any of the production machines. With a little practice a person should be able to use a lathe with the size of steel rod needed for a mandrel in the chuck to rapp the music wire of the needed size around. I would turn the chuck by hand to rapp the wire rather than power it up.

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John S-B

02-11-2002 16:48:59




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 Re: Re: Can you make springs? in reply to Dick L, 02-10-2002 11:37:51  
What's the name of the company and are they still in business?



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Roland

02-08-2002 15:29:47




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 Re: Can you make springs? in reply to John S-B, 02-05-2002 17:11:46  
Mc Master Carr .com has every thing you need . Check their web site. Kind of expensive but easier and faster. They have bearings also in every size and every thing else to restore your tractor.



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Don Young

02-06-2002 21:13:07




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 Re: Can you make springs? in reply to John S-B, 02-05-2002 17:11:46  
It is definitely possible to make your own springs. The concerns are obtaining suitable wire and, if the wire has been heated, heat treating to re-establish the proper temper. Some of the metalworking groups, such as rec.crafts.metalworking have people with more experience than me.



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big fred

02-06-2002 07:32:27




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 Re: Can you make springs? in reply to John S-B, 02-05-2002 17:11:46  
I needed a new spring for my old Volvo several years ago and called a local company that bends custom leaf springs. They told me they wouldn't do a coil spring, as it took skills they didn't have. I would think it's pretty tricky if a spring manufacturer won't touch them. I ended up scrounging wrecking yards and finally found a car like mine. On the other hand, you can cut springs to length with little difficulty using an abrasive wheel.

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John S-B

02-06-2002 08:02:33




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 Re: Re: Can you make springs? in reply to big fred, 02-06-2002 07:32:27  
I would'nt try to make a spring that big! I haven't started looking for parts yet, I'm just trying to anticipate possible options. I just discovered this site a month ago so I'm catching up on all this knowledge. Haven't seen any thing on what to do about replacing springs that aren't availible so though I'd ask.



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big fred, ah! now I see what you are looking for.

02-07-2002 07:47:24




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 Re: Re: Re: Can you make springs? in reply to John S-B, 02-06-2002 08:02:33  
Okay, after re-reading your original post I see what you mean. Yes, you can bend springs in the sizes you are after. I have had quite a bit of success bending coil springs for modeling purposes from music wire, up to about 5/32 can be bent by hand (wear heavy gloves, if the wire breaks it is nasty sharp) and probably up to 5/16 with some tooling. It will be a trial and error process, the tricky parts are making the mandrel the correct size to account for springback and spacing the coils properly. Music wire up to about 1/4 inch should be available at any well-stocked hobby shop that caters to R/C airplane hobbyists. I wouldn't apply heat, though, as you would probably ruin all your hard work by drawing the temper.

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John S-B

02-08-2002 10:37:50




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Can you make springs? in reply to big fred, ah! now I see what you are looking for., 02-07-2002 07:47:24  
Thanks Fred! That helps! I a have a couple of big springs on a IHC little genius plow that need replaced so I might have to find a company that can custom make those, but I think I can do the little ones for the levers if I can't find 'em.



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